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Taliban to discuss peace process with Iranian FM

The objective behind the Taliban delegation’s vist to Tehran is to hold talks on the peace process in Afghanistan, Iran says. Led by Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban team arrived in Tehran on Tuesday morning. The delegation was…

US-Taliban pact harmful for Afghanistan, Iran: Zarif

Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif says the US-Taliban agreement signed in Doha in February is harmful for both Afghanistan and Iran. “What is harmful for Iran and Afghanistan is that the US signs an agreement with the…

Iran wants foreign forces to leave Afghanistan

Iran gas called for an ‘orderly and responsible’ pullout of international forces from Afghanistan, describing their presence as a source of instability. Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, addressing a meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan,…

Iran executes French-based dissident journalist Zam

Iran on Saturday hanged Director Amadnews Network Zam after the country’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for the accused. The country’s Supreme Court had upheld the death sentence of Zam, who was captured in 2019 after years…

No Afghan dies from Covid-19 ‘vaccine’ in Iran

A social media report about the deaths of Afghan refugees in Iran after being given coronavirus vaccine is false, Pajhwok Afghan News learned on Tuesday. The report was published on November 23 in a Facebook page “The Voice…

Iran links peace in Afghanistan to negotiations

The Iranian parliament speaker hopes an intra-Afghan dialogue will bring peace and stability to the war-torn neighbour. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf voiced the hope in a meeting with Afghan Ambassador to Iran Abdul Ghafoor Liwal in Tehran on…

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Iran supports inclusive govt in Kabul: Zarif

KABUL peace process, led and owned by the government in Kabul. “Iran supports the Afghan government-led peace negotiations and preserving achievements of the past 19 years within the framework of the current constitution,” Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said. At a…

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Afghanistan, Iran to strengthen transport links

KABUL in transportation and energy sectors, a leading Iranian media outlet reported on Tuesday. Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian told IRNA the neighbours would discuss the launch of the Herat-Khaf railway station, customs cooperation and energy sector issues. At an…

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1,400 Afghans returnees from Iran test positive for Covid-19

More than 1400 Afghan refugees returning home from Iran in recent months have been diagnosed with Covid-19. Public health and Children were among those testing positive for the coronavirus. More than 3,000 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland…

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Afghan refugees in Iran be distributed NICs, passports’

The distribution process of electronic National Identity Cards (NICs) and passports to one million Afghan refugees in neighboring Iran, has been officially kicked off today (Wednesday). A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received by Pajhwok Afghan…

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Presence of Afghans in Iran being legalised: Envoy

A delegation from Kabul recently visited Iran to explore ways of legalising the presence of Afghan refugees in the neighbouring country. IRNA quoted Afghan Ambassador to Iran Abdul Ghafoor Liwal was as saying the visiting team sought to…

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Deported from Iran, Afghans seek govt’s help

A number of youth, who went to Iran in search of work, say they crossed the border after much difficulties, but were deported, urging the Afghan government to provide them with work and assistance. Bismallah, a resident of…

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Iran eyes $3b exports to Afghanistan by year end

KABUL by the end of the current year (March 20, 2021), an official says. Iran-Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce Chairman Hossein Salimi said in an interview Tehran’s exports to the neighbouring country had been growing in recent months. Fars News Agency…

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Afghan, Iranian provinces ink MoU on trade

KABUL's Nimroz and Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan provinces. As part of the MoU, trade problems at Milak border would be removed, the Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Saturday. Deputy Governor of Nimroz Abdul Nabi Barahoie acknowledged Milak border was of…

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Iran pours scorn on Khalilzad’s remarks

KABUL’s sovereignty and stoutly supports long-awaited peace negotiations among Afghan factions. The Iranian embassy in Kabul scorned as fallacious US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s remarks on Tehran position on Afghan peace talks. In a statement, the embassy reaffirmed Iran’s support…

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Russian, Iranian envoys talk Afghanistan

KABUL, a media report said on Saturday. Iran’s ambassador Kazem Jalali and President Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov exchanged views on the overall situation in the region. According to the Iranian Students News Agency, the two sides…

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Iran’s deputy FM due in Kabul for talks

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi arrives at the head of a delegation in Kabul today (Wednesday). He would hold talks with Afghan officials on a comprehensive cooperation document between Tehran and Kabul, IRNA reported.…

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Iran’s railway track to boost regional connectivity

KABUL’s connectivity in the region, an Iranian official said on Wednesday Khairullah Khademi, deputy Urban Affairs Minister, told media persons during the inauguration of the railway track construction project, that the track would connect Iran through Chabahar Port with Afghanistan…

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Iran reopens border crossing with Afghanistan

KABUL and Iran has reopened after a week of closure for vehicles carrying trade goods, an Iranian official said on Monday. At the moment, there was no impediment to the routine transit of goods between the neighbours, the director of…

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Treat Afghans under global rules, Kabul tells neighbors

KABUL in accordance with international laws. The reaction from Danish comes after Iran summoned Afghan ambassador based in Tehran over protests against Iran in Afghanistan. A large number of Afghans protested against mistreatment of Afghans in the neighboring country, chanting…

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Iran to execute informant who provided tip off to CIA on Soleimani

Iranian judiciary has decided to execute its national who provided information to the US and Israeli intelligence services on the whereabout of Revolutionary Guard Commander Qassem Soleimani, a media report said on Tuesday. On January 3, a US…

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Kabul rally wants all Iranian culture centers closed

Hezb-i-Musharikat Milli party workers on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in Kabul and asked the Afghan government to close all cultural and social centres of Iran, barring its embassy and consulate generals. They alleged the neighbouring country was…

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Give Afghans legal travel access, Kabul urges Tehran

Kabul on Sunday urged Tehran to sign a memorandum of understanding between the two countries on traffic of workers in order to prevent illegal travel and unfortunate incidents. A statement from the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR)…

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Iran ties Harirud incident to illegal border crossings

KABUL, Iran has tied last month’s alleged killing of Afghan migrants to illegal cross-border traffic. Scores of Afghan citizens trying to sneak into Iran in search of work were allegedly thrown into Harirud River by Iranian border guards in late…

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