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 […]

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an exclusive interview with Mehr News Agency said he has no plans for running for office in Afghanistan’s next presidential election.   Presidential elections were held in Afghanistan in 2014, with Ashraf Ghani named as the winner. Incumbent President Hamid Karzai was not eligible to run due to term limits. Speaking to Mehr News […]

TEHRAN  – Afghanistan’s election commission is not Independent and follows President Ashraf Ghani’s orders, senior Afghan lawmaker said. First Deputy of Afghanistan’s Parliament Speaker Homayoun Homayoun referred to the establishment of a commission by Ghani to provide the logistical support for the election process and said the move is “direct interference” in upcoming elections affairs. […]

TEHRAN – Iran and Afghanistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Saturday to expand their bilateral trade cooperation. The document was signed in Washington between Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Massoud Karbasian and Afghanistan’s Finance Minister Eklil Ahmad Hakimi. Mohammad Khazaei, the head of the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of […]

TEHRAN – Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) elements in Afghanistan attacked the Taliban controlled region north of Afghanistan in which 14 militants from both sides were killed. According to local officials, Daesh elements ambushed two villages of ‘Gardan’ and ‘Shirbeyk’ in the Qush Tapa district of northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday. In the […]

TEHRAN – Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement released on Wednesday claimed that the group has seized 10 security checkpoints in Khaje Ghar district in Afghanistan’s Takhar province. According to local media, the spokesman said that police forces abandoned the checkpoints after militants’ attack on Gor Tepa and Pol-Moamenin region. “Seven police forces were […]