Meysam Ashtiani has been named the new head coach of Afghanistan beach soccer team. Ashtiani will head Afghanistan in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship Thailand 2019, which will be held in Pattaya, Thailand from March 9-17, 2019. Afghanistan has been drawn along with host nation Thailand, Malaysia and Palestine in Group A. Karim Moghaddam is […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held separate meetings with his Turkish and Afghan counterparts in the capital, Tehran, on Friday, discussing a range of regional and international issues, including ways to combat terrorism. Speaking at the meeting with Turkish Parliament Speaker Binali Yildirim, Larijani said mutual cooperation to boost security in the Middle East has […]

Pakistan wishes to see peace beyond its borders, especially in the war-ravaged Afghanistan, senior Pakistani military official has said. Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), briefing the foreign media about the security situation in Pakistan said Pakistan’s security situation had largely improved due to “successful clearance operations”, adding that the country was now […]

The Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan highlighted the reasons behind protracted conflicts in neighboring Afghanistan and said the presence of foreign forces is directly linked to the continuation of the war in the South Asian country. Mohammad Reza Bahrami said Afghanistan should not fall victim to foreign disputes, calling on regional countries to pave the way […]

The protracted war in Afghanistan, which has now stretched into its 18th year, has taken heavy toll on children. According to a latest study, the number of out-of-school children has increased for the first time since 2002. According to the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), urgent action is needed to prevent more […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted the international consensus that there is no military solution to the problems Afghanistan is facing, reiterating the need for national reconciliation and political resolution of the conflicts there. The top Iranian diplomat on Wednesday delivered a speech to the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, held in Switzerland and organized […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held meetings with top officials of a number of UN and international organizations on the sidelines of the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan. During his stay in Switzerland on Tuesday, Zarif separately met United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with Afghan leaders on the sidelines of the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan. In one of the meetings on Tuesday, Zarif held talks with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on issues of mutual interest, including the peace process in Afghanistan. The two sides discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan […]

Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Force Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri said Mon. the presence of Iranian Army’s troops in the shared borders with Afghanistan will help increase the security in those areas. Addressing a conference attended by commanders of Iranian Army’s Ground Forces in Tehran, General Bagheri said “the army has been […]

In a candid admission of U.S. defeat in Afghanistan after 18 years of war that began in 2001, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Taliban “are not losing” in the war-torn country. Dunford is among the growing number of U.S. officials to admit that there was no “military […]