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Iran Raps Terror Attack in Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi vehemently condemned a terrorist attack in Afghanistan that killed and injured dozens of civilians.
News ID: 80437    Publish Date : 2020/03/07

Afghanistan Did Not Commit to Release 5,000 Taliban, Ghani Says

TEHRAN (defapress) – The government of Afghanistan has made no commitment to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners as stated in a pact signed between the United States and the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday.
News ID: 80372    Publish Date : 2020/03/01

Afghanistan Reopens Common Border with Iran

TEHRAN (defapress) – Afghanistan has reopened its common border with Iran, a day after closing it amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus, the spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Security Council said.
News ID: 80323    Publish Date : 2020/02/25

Iranian Official:

US Complicit in Narcotics Production in Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress) – Secretary-General of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni deplored some Western countries’ lack of cooperation in the campaign against illicit drugs and said the US forces even support production of narcotics in Afghanistan.
News ID: 80037    Publish Date : 2020/01/28

Afghanistan Election:

President Ghani on Course for Second Term

TEHRAN (defapress)- Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani is on course for a second five-year term after preliminary results showed him winning 50.64 percent of the votes in the September 28 elections.
News ID: 79649    Publish Date : 2019/12/22

Abdullah Abdullah rejects initial election results of Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress) – Minutes after the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan announced the preliminary election results, Abdullah Abdullah’s campaign in a statement called the results “fraudulent” and accused the IEC of supporting Ghani.
News ID: 79648    Publish Date : 2019/12/22

New Iranian envoy to Afghanistan submits credentials to Ghani

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s new Ambassador to Kabul Bahador Aminian submitted his credentials to the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday.
News ID: 79579    Publish Date : 2019/12/15

Zarif:

US intervention in Afghanistan peace process not acceptable

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian foreign minister lambasted the United States for intervening in other countries’ internal affairs, saying foreigner’s interference in Afghan peace talks is not acceptable for Tehran.
News ID: 79542    Publish Date : 2019/12/11

Roadside Bomb Kills 15 Civilians in Northern Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress)- At least 15 Afghan civilians, including six women and eight children, were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Northern Kunduz province.
News ID: 79410    Publish Date : 2019/11/28

Iranian Official:

Presence of Foreign Forces Ineffective in Fighting Drugs, Terrorism in Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress)- Secretary-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni stressed that deployment of foreign forces in Afghanistan has not helped the fight against drug trafficking and terrorist groups.
News ID: 79209    Publish Date : 2019/11/06

11 Wounded as Blast Rocks Afghanistan's Northern City

TEHRAN (defapress) – At least 11 people, including two security personnel, were injured in Afghanistan as a blast rocked the capital of northern Baghlan province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Jawed Basharat said.
News ID: 79160    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

3 Killed in Shooting Attacks in Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress) – Two police officers and a school principal were shot and killed in increased targeted attacks in Afghanistan, authorities confirmed on Monday.
News ID: 78971    Publish Date : 2019/10/15

Afghanistan's booming meth production rings alarm bells for intl. community

TEHRAN (defapress) – “The increase in production of crystal methamphetamine in Afghanistan from 200 tons per annum to its present 9,000 tons per year rings the alarm bell for the international community and will harm regional as well as western countries,” Head of Drug Control Headquarters (DCH), Eskandar Momeni warned.
News ID: 78946    Publish Date : 2019/10/15

Ex-Afghan pres. stresses Iran’s key role in Afghanistan peace process

TEHRAN (defapress) – Former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai stressed Iran’s key role in Afghanistan’s peace process.
News ID: 78770    Publish Date : 2019/09/22

Iran Condemns Afghanistan Hospital Attack

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned any action endangering the lives of civilians in Afghanistan after a Taliban suicide attack near a hospital in the southern city of Qalat killed dozens of people.
News ID: 78765    Publish Date : 2019/09/21

Taliban Car Bomb Kills at Least 20 in Southern Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress) – A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 others when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan, an official said.
News ID: 78746    Publish Date : 2019/09/19

Iran:

Any nontransparent peace negotiation for Afghanistan doomed to fail

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s UN envoy said that any peace process for Afghanistan should be “UN-facilitated, Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled” and that any unilateral method is doomed to failure.
News ID: 78653    Publish Date : 2019/09/11

6 Taliban Members Killed in Eastern Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress) – Six Taliban militants were killed and a local Taliban leader arrested in two eastern Afghan provinces, authorities said Monday.
News ID: 78506    Publish Date : 2019/08/26

President:

US Pullout Not to Affect Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress)- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said a partial withdrawal of US troops from the country will not have a crucial impact on the lives of the Afghan people.
News ID: 78461    Publish Date : 2019/08/24

Iran deputy FM:

Regional approaches key to reach lasting peace in Afghanistan

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi says taking regional approaches along with the active participation of Afghanistan's neighbors is the key to reach a permanent peace in that country.
News ID: 78230    Publish Date : 2019/07/31

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