At least five Iranian security forces have been killed in two separate attacks in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, media reports said on Thursday. At least 15 militants were also killed in the overnight clashes in the Iranian…
Two persons have been arrested for smuggling more than $200,000 abroad via Islam Qala port in western Herat province. In a statement, the 207 Al-Farooq Corps said intelligence forces arrested two persons on the charge of smuggling…
The Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation says about 5,000 Afghan refugees voluntarily returned to the country from Pakistan and Iran in the past seven days. MoRR wrote on its X handle that 1,181 people, comprising 145 families, returned…
A technical delegation comprising representatives from several departments has left Kabul for Iran to discuss issues agreed during Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar’s recent visit to the neighboring country, the Ministry of Commerce…
Iranian border forces arrested more than 2,000 illegal refugees in border areas with Afghanistan and Pakistan in the past 72 hours, an official said on Tuesday. Ali Reza Fazli, deputy head of social affairs at Sistan and Balochistan…
Iranian Consul General Hameed Raza Ahmadi has said that Tehran had cordial ties with the acting Afghan government and wanted to expand these ties.
Militants in areas near the Pakistan-Iran border are undoubtedly aided by third countries, says the Iranian foreign minister without naming anyone.
The governor of central Bamyan province Mawlavi Abdullah Sarhadi during a meeting with Deputy Iranian Ambassador Syed Hassan Mortazavi discussed Tehran’s cooperation in healthcare sector and strengthening of relationship between the two counties, according to a statement on Tuesday.
Iran deported about 520,000 illegal Afghan refugees from northeastern Razavi Khorasan province via Dogharon border terminal during the past nine months, Iranian police confirmed on Wednesday.
A number of youth in western Herat province try to make it back to Iran on a daily basis after being forcibly deported due to dire economic situation. They name unemployment a challenge and the driving force…
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has asked Iran to make Afghanistan’s access to Chabahar port easy and emphasized on increased Afghan exports and imports through the port. Baradar, who has been in Iran…
Afghanistan can commence imports and exports as early as tomorrow through Chabahar port, Iranian officials have told Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar held a meeting at Chabahar Port with Iranian officials, including Balochistan…
Afghanistan and Iran on Monday agreed to expand political-economic interaction and asked the Islamic world not to stay silent about Israel’s ‘barbarism’ in Palestine. Afghanistan deputy prime minister for economic affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is in…
Iran is ready to help improve the capacity of Afghan mining experts and provide necessary equipment, the country’s ambassador said on Tuesday.
The Afghanistan Food and Drug Authority (AFDA) acting head and his accompanying delegation left for Iran on Thursday to attend the G5 meeting. In a statement, AFDA said the 27th high level meeting of experts of G5 countries…
KABUL (Pahjwok): Iran's interior minister Ahamd Vahidi has emphasized the return of illegal Afghan refugees to their country, saying unofficial statistics show around five million Afghans live in Iran. IRNA reported that Ahmad Vahidi said today (Wednesday) on the sidelines…
A delegation led by acting director of Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA) on Monday left for Iran to discuss with Iranian officials accelerating transfer of goods through railroads and increasing bilateral cooperation on railways. The Khawaf-Herat railway track is…
At the head of a delegation, acting Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Minister Maulvi Attaullah Omar on Monday left for Iran. The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock in a statement said Omari and his delegation were visiting the…
Top Pakistani and Iranian diplomats have reaffirmed to continue their active engagement on Afghanistan. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian addressed a joint press conference on Afghanistan, Express Tribune reported. Both sides called for supporting…
Top Pakistani and Iranian diplomats are set to meet in Islamabad today (Thursday) to review the emerging regional situation. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday, will meet his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.…
Nearly 3000 more Afghan refugees returned from Iran yesterday (Wednesday), the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Thursday. The refugees numbering 2,947 arrived in the country via Islam Qala port in western Herat province, the ministry tweeted.…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called for an urgent meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to respond to the latest desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. Amirabdollahian, who phoned OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim…
Iran is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in areas of urban planning and capacity building, an official of the neighboring country has said. Iran Ministry of Roads and Urban Development’s Afghanistan advisor Seyed Hossein Mirshaf called on acting…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Faisal Bin Farhan has arrived in Tehran seven years after his country broke ties with Iran. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in March, in a deal brokered by China, to end a diplomatic rift…
