Abbas Araghchi arrives in Kabul to improve Tehran-Taliban ties
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a meeting with Taliban officials in Kabul on January 26, including with the Taliban's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Iran and Afghanistan
Iran begins construction of border walls
Iran has started building walls across its eastern borders to counter security risks, a commander of Iran’s Border Guard Police said. Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi said the initiative aims to prevent the smuggling of fuel, …
Clash reported between Iranian and Afghan border guards
A clash took place between the Taliban (the movement outlawed in Russia) and Iranian border guards at the Milak border of Hirmand city, located in the north of Sistan and Baluchistan province. An informed source said that …
Afghanistan-Iran disquiet over the Helmand River
Afghanistan’s damming of the Helmand River has drawn ire in neighboring Iran, the lower riparian country
Clashes over Iran-Afghanistan's 'border misunderstanding' ended
Iran's border forces and Afghanistan's Taliban (the movement banned in Russia) ended clashes over a "border misunderstanding" near the Afghan province of Nimroz, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Wednesday. …
Taliban seize key Iran-Afghanistan border crossing
The Taliban have said they have captured a key border crossing with Iran, hours after Joe Biden issued a staunch defence of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. The group has captured more than a third of the …
Afghanistan demands Iranian oil in exchange for river water
Disputes over water between Iran and Afghanistan date to the 1870s
Iran supports continued alignment of all Afghan groups: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the Islamic Republic of Iran supports the continued alignment of all Afghan groups, Mehr news agency reports. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate phone …
Peace without Afghan nation’s involvement ‘meaningless’: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that any peace plan for Afghanistan should involve the view of its nation and representatives, Mehr news agency reports. “Any peace without the vote of the Afghan nation and their …
Afghan Taliban begins peace talks in neighboring Iran
The US plans to pull nearly 7,000 US troops from Afghanistan
Iranian FM meets former Afghan president
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai on November 24 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan on the sidelines of the 32th international conference of …
Iran's FM: Tehran ready to support UN on Afghanistan issue
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced Tehran’s readiness to have cooperation with the United Nations in all expected fields in Afghanistan. "Iran has spared no effort to maintain stability …
Iranian schools to enroll Afghan students free of charge
A new decree issued by Iran’s Interior Ministry will enable Afghan expatriates in the country to get schooling for their children free of charge, Tasnim news agency reports. Afghan families residing in Iran will no more have to …
The American Interest: "In case of an armed conflict with Russia, NATO has nothing to expect"
The world media on key geopolitical events over Russia, the USA, Iran, India, Afghanistan
Ahmadzai to attend inauguration ceremony of Chabahar port in Iran
Afghanistan President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will visit Iran to take part in a construction inauguration ceremony of Chabahar port on May 23. Deputy to the Spokesperson of President Officie Dawa Khan …
