SNSC Secretary:

Iran in Favor of Stability in Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress)- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani underlined that his country seeks stability and security in Afghanistan.

News ID: 74598

Date: 27 December 2018 - 15:14

Iran has always attached importance to relations with Afghanistan and establishment of security and sustainable stability by the Afghan government is the aim of Tehran efforts, Shamkhani said in Kabul on Wednesday.

Iran's top security official warned that the ISIL terrorists are being transferred to Afghanistan after their defeat in Syria, and said that talks should be held with those who take their weapons and fight against terrorists.

In relevant remarks on Wednesday, Shamkhani had also warned President Ashraf Ghani of ISIL's relocation to Afghanistan.

"Enemies of the security and tranquility of the region in an organized move are after fomenting insecurity at the shared borders to transfer the defeated ISIL terrorists to Afghanistan and support the spread of Takfiri terrorism in the country to ignite the flames of war, bloodshed and insecurity in the region once again," Shamkhani said during the meeting in Kabul.

He cautioned that ignoring the threat could end up in re-experiencing the bitter incidents which happened in Iraq and Syria.

Shamkhani also described the US forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan as a golden opportunity to strengthen the Asian country's defense and military capabilities, and said, "The regional nations are counting each moment for a full withdrawal of the US forces as their deployment has resulted in nothing, but war and insecurity."

The SNSC Secretary also held a separate meeting with Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul on Wednesday.

At the meeting, he warned that the US strategy is based on launching proxy wars, creating Takfiri terrorist groups and rendering nonstop support to them in a bid to spread their hegemony over the region and plunder the regional states with the least costs.

Abdullah, for his part, said that Kabul welcomes Iran's initiatives to fight against the threat of terrorism and bring stability and tranquility back to the region.

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