TEHRAN – Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces said on Tuesday that the United States is relocating Daesh militants to Afghanistan now that the group has been defeated in Iraq and Syria. Since Daesh and other terror groups lost their territories in Iraq and Syria, Washington has been relocating the terrorists to Afghanistan by various […]

Leader of Islamic Revolution, while voicing deep regret over the great loss of life in recent terror attacksin Afghanistan, said the US has sent ISIL terrorists there to justify its presence in the region and create security for the Israeli regime. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks on Tuesday, in reaction to the recent terrorist attacks […]

NEW DELHI – Addressing the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi on Thursday, India’s flagship foreign policy conference held annually, the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the United States, claiming that it had “destroyed” Afghanistan.  Participating in ‘The Afghan Poser’ panel session, Karzai said he had invited the U.S. to Afghanistan to bring […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday strongly condemned a suicide attack on a cultural center in Kabul, which left at least 41 people killed. A Shia cultural organization was the target but the Afghan Voice news agency was also hit. So-called Islamic State said it was behind the attack. According to the Interior […]

TEHRAN — Iran is giving a helping hand to Afghanistan in fight against drug trafficking, spokesman for Afghanistan Ministry of Counter Narcotics Mohammad Hanif Daneshyar has said. Illicit narcotic cultivation, production, trafficking, and consumption flourish in Afghanistan, particularly in areas where instability is high and state institutions are weak or non-existent. About 90 percent of […]

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani met with his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Monday in Islamabad of Pakistan. “Iran is ready to increase relations with Afghanistan in all areas of politics, economy, culture, and security,” said Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament on Monday. The Iranian top law maker made the remarks in […]

Iran holds some 22 percent of Afghanistan’s goods consumer market, Afghan commercial attaché to Iran said Tuesday. Afghanistan imports about 11.5 billion US dollars worth of consumer goods annually and Iran’s share accounts for 2.5 billion US dollars of the total sum, Afghan commercial attaché to Iran, Jaber Ansar, said Tuesday. Cheaper transportation costs reduce Afghanistan’s expenses […]

TEHRAN- United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called for concerted national efforts to end violence against women in Afghanistan, according to a statement of the entity released to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on Saturday. “Violence against women in Afghanistan must immediately stop,” Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s special […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised efforts made by Afghanistan’s government to boost unity among its people and said the Islamic Republic of Iran is willing to see sustainable peace and security in the neighboring country. In a telephone conversation with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday evening, President Rouhani expressed sorrow over recent terrorist […]

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the regional countries should be vigilant against conspiracies of US government which is seeking to spread sow of discord in the region. Hamid Karzai made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Mehr News correspondent and requested neighboring countries to make their utmost efforts for thwarting US plots in […]