Afghans have staged protests against a decision by the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to use $3.5 billion dollars of their country’s frozen assets to help settle lawsuits by the families of 9/11 victims.

A member of board of directors of Iran Carpet Manufacturers and Exports Association says Iran ranks fourth or fifth in the exports of carpet, and countries like India and Afghanistan have sped past Iran in exports of carpet while Iran had been the world top carpet exporters till a couple of years ago.

Pakistan has just played host to the biggest international gathering on Afghanistan in which Iran actively participated and submitted a number of proposals to address the dire situation in neighboring Afghanistan.

  Iran’s Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian presenting four proposals to help the people of Afghanistan says the people of the neighboring state need urgent humanitarian assistance and the establishment of a financial fund among Islamic countries is necessary to achieve this goal.

  Iran and Afghanistan are going to develop cooperation in border markets in order to expand economic ties, Deputy Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) for Management Development Affairs Ahmad Zakeri announced.

Iran’s security chief says the United States and its coalition allies must be held accountable for the myriad of crises Afghanistan is facing today, adding the “least responsibility” they bear is to compensate for all the damage they have inflicted on the Afghan people over the past two decades.

An American watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan's former government and military and the chaotic U.S. troop pullout.

Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Ministry for export affairs says Iran has exported handicrafts worth of $47m in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year and Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq have been the major destinations for the handicrafts exports.

The new Iranian envoy for Afghanistan started discharging his duty on Tuesday after being inaugurated at a handover ceremony held at the Iranian foreign ministry.

The Special Representative of the Iranian President for Afghanistan has said "considering the situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban is a reality in this country that controls the capital and is responsible for ensuring the security of this country."