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2022-10-01 20:11
By Saeed Azimi
Taliban must step up, take responsibility for its citizens’ lives
TEHRAN — A suicide blast at an education institute in Kabul on Friday morning killed 32 people and wounded 40, police said. Most of the casualties were said to be young women.
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2022-09-30 21:21
Iran condemns terror attack in Kabul
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Friday condemned in the strongest terms a terrorist attack that targeted a training center in west Kabul, Afghanistan.
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2022-09-28 21:33
Situation in Afghanistan challenging after Taliban takeover: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has said that the situation in Afghanistan remains challenging a year after the Taliban overthrew the U.S.-backed government in Kabul.
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2022-08-20 21:37
Interior minister calls for resolution of sporadic border clashes in Iran-Afghanistan border
TEHRAN— Iran’s interior minister believes that sporadic border clashes with the Taliban border guards are due to their unawareness of the demarcation of Iran-Afghanistan borders, stressing that the matter should be resolved through dialogue.
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2022-08-15 21:33
U.S. pushed Afghanistan into destruction during 20 years: Iran’s special envoy
TEHRAN- The Iranian president’s special envoy on Afghanistan affairs, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, has underlined that Americans occupied Afghanistan for 20 years and drove it toward oblivion by destroying all its infrastructure.
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2022-08-15 21:20
The woes America left behind in Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Last year this month, Army Major General Christopher T. Donahue went down in history as the last American soldier to depart Afghanistan. He boarded a C-17 at Kabul Airport under cover of night in what has been widely seen as another Saigon moment.
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2022-08-14 21:28
Afghanistan crisis rooted in reliance on U.S.
TEHRAN— August 15, 2021 marks a turning point in Afghanistan, as the Taliban took over the city of Kabul and overthrew a corrupt president, named Ashraf Ghani who relied heavily on the United States.
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2022-08-13 20:06
Tehran, Kabul mull cooperation against ‘common enemy’
TEHRAN – Two civilians were killed Saturday in a blast that rocked the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of Kabul a day after Daesh killed a prominent Afghan cleric in the Afghan capital.
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2022-08-13 14:46
Iran, Taliban call for security cooperation to fight Daesh: special envoy
TEHRAN – The Iranian special envoy for Afghanistan has hailed his recent constructive meetings with the Taliban officials, saying the two countries have stressed the need for close interaction in the fight against Daesh (ISIS/ISIL), Tasnim reported on Saturday.
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2022-08-08 14:19
Iran renews call for inclusive govt in Afghanistan as it remembers diplomats martyred in 1988
TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement early on Monday marking the anniversary of the killing of Iranian diplomats in Mazar-i-Sharif.
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2022-08-01 22:19
Iran to form joint committee with Taliban to prevent border clashes: envoy
TEHRAN – Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian special envoy for Afghanistan, has said that a meeting was held with the Taliban defense officials in the wake of the recent border clashes during which it was agreed to form a joint committee to prevent the recurrence of border clashes.
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2022-08-01 22:10
Iran-Taliban border clashes can be prevented
TEHRAN – The unfamiliarity of the Taliban forces with the nuances of border issues has once again caused completely preventable clashes on the border with Iran, which has so far exercised restraint to contain the situation.
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2022-07-29 21:20
Tehran asks Taliban to remove hurdles to Iran's water rights
TEHRAN- The Taliban government in Afghanistan has been urged by Iran's foreign minister to eliminate the artificial hurdles so that the Islamic Republic's water rights from the Helmand River are realized.
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2022-07-24 13:39
Taliban to buy 350,000 tons of oil from Iran
TEHRAN - Finance Ministry of the Taliban regime announced on Saturday that it has signed a contract to purchase 350,000 tons of oil from Iran, Fars News Agency reported.
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2022-07-18 21:55
Iran ambassador meets Taliban top diplomat
TEHRAN – Bahador Aminian, Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan, has met with the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi.
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2022-06-26 22:09
Iran warns of American plot to foment sectarian war in Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan, has warned about a U.S. plot to foment sectarian and ethnic war in Afghanistan as infighting raged in Balkhab district between the Taliban and a Hazara warlord.
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2022-06-25 21:59
Amir Abdollahian talks to Taliban FM over Afghanistan quake
TEHRAN- In a phone conversation with acting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday night, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian expressed condolences to the Afghan people and government over the recent earthquake that claimed many lives and resulted in significant material damage.
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2022-06-24 21:04
Iranian diplomat says release of Afghan assets shouldn’t be politicized
TEHRAN - Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has said the Afghan assets frozen by the U.S. belong to the Afghan people and that their release must not be “politicized”.
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2022-06-06 21:38
Iran diplomat meets local Taliban officials in Khost
TEHRAN - The Iranian deputy ambassador to Kabul toured Afghanistan’s easternmost province of Khost and held talks with local Taliban officials for establishing economic relations, Fars reported on Monday.
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2022-05-30 22:19
Taliban delegation to visit Iran
TEHRAN – A Taliban delegation headed by a top immigration official will pay a visit to Iran in the near future to discuss the status of Afghan refugees in Iran.
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2022-05-21 20:27
Foreign Ministry: Iran’s water rights from Helmand being pursued legally
TEHRAN— Visiting the Dugharun border city in Khorasan Razavi on Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran is pursuing its water rights from the Helmand River through legal entities.
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2022/05/11
By Said Maisam Moosavi
A challenge called ISIS to the Taliban government
During Ramadan a powerful blast struck a mosque in western Kabul, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20, officials said. The incident happened amid a spate of attacks on Afghan places of worship and civilian targets.
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2022-05-08 08:55
By Mohammad Mazhari
ISIS wants to delegitimize Taliban via explosions: Singaporean researcher
TEHRAN- A Singaporean researcher says that the recent deadly explosions in Afghanistan were plotted by ISIS to undermine the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan.
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2022-04-26 21:59
Taliban refugee minister to travel to Tehran
TEHRAN — On Tuesday, the Taliban announced the visit of Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, the group's Minister of Refugees, to Iran, following tensions on the Iranian-Afghan border.
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2022-04-25 21:16
Iran highlights Taliban responsibility to ensure security
TEHRAN - Over the last month, a series of violent incidents took place in Afghanistan and eastern Iran that raised alarm bells about possible plots to drive a wedge between the two neighbors.
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2022-04-25 18:46
Foreign Ministry hopes Taliban would not misuse Iran’s patience
TEHRAN — In his weekly press briefing on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed hope that the interim Taliban governing body won’t misuse Iran’s patience and goodwill.
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2022-04-24 22:06
Terror acts in Afghanistan intended to sow division, foster Islamophobia: Islamic awakening body
TEHRAN- The World Assembly of Islamic Awakening has denounced the recent despicable terrorist attacks against Muslims in Afghanistan, saying such acts are intended to inflame tensions among Afghan ethnic and religious groups and foster Islamophobia.
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2022-04-24 22:05
ICESCO denounces terrorist attack on Afghan school
TEHRAN- In a statement on Sunday, the National Commission of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) run by the Iranian Ministry of Education under the auspices of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)condemned the April 19 terrorist attacks on the all-boys Abdul Rahim Shahid high school and the nearby Mumtaz education center, both located in the Dasht-e-Barchi area, a predominantly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in western Kabul.
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2022-04-24 21:59
Ex-diplomat says threat of Daesh in Afghanistan is serious
TEHRAN — A former diplomat believes that Afghanistan’s neighbors must take the threat of Daesh in Afghanistan seriously.
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2022-04-24 21:58
Iranian president cautions about spread of threats against Afghans, neighbors
TEHRAN— Following a series of criminal terrorist explosions in schools and mosques across Afghanistan, which have killed and injured a large number of Afghans, Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's President and chief of Supreme National Security Council, issued a message warning about the spread of threats against the Afghan people and nations in the region.