Afghanistan Mulls Cooperation with Iran on Border Safety

reporter 1222 — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:04:34 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The presidential palace of Afghanistan played host to a meeting to weigh plans for closer cooperation with Iran in ensuring security along the common border and combatting smugglers and traffickers.

The meeting on border safety with Iran cooperation, chaired by Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh, was held at the Arg, the presidential palace in Kabul.

It was attended by the caretaker of the Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan Hanif Atmar, Chief of General Staff of the Afghan Armed Forces Lieutenant General Bismillah Waziri, Deputy Afghan Interior Minister Abdul Saboor Qanay, and Deputy of National Directorate of Security of Afghanistan Abdullah Ebad.

According to a statement from the presidential palace, participants in the meeting discussed ways to promote cooperation with Iran to ensure the common border’s security, fight against the smugglers and traffickers, and promote collaboration between the border guards of the two neighbors.

Based on a decision made at the meeting, one of the topics that Hanif Atmar is going to discuss with the Iranian officials during his upcoming visit to Tehran will be the revision of an agreement on the border forces that the two countries have signed more than six decades ago.

The caretaker of the Afghan Foreign Ministry is also scheduled to hold talks with Iran about the human trafficking victims arrested along the common border.

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Iran-Pakistan Border Security Cooperation Boosts

reporter 1222 — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:30:31 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Border Police commander said Tehran and Islamabad have coordinated efforts to enhance Iran-Pakistan border security, unveiling plans for closer interaction with Pakistan’s coast guard.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to the border areas of Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan province on Saturday, Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei said the Iranian and Pakistani border guards have established an agenda for protecting the common border after consultations between the two countries’ officials.

He said the joint efforts between the two neighbors have facilitated trips by Pakistani pilgrims at the Mirjaveh border crossing.

The commander also unveiled plans for the promotion of cooperation with Pakistan’s coast guard in order to ensure Iran-Pakistan border security along the common sea border.

In April, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan agreed to set up a joint rapid reaction unit along the common border to combat terrorism.

Iranian military forces along the southeastern border areas are frequently attacked by terrorist groups coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In February, a bus carrying IRGC personnel was traveling between the cities of Zahedan and Khash in Sistan and Balouchestan, when it was targeted in a suicide car bomb attack.

Twenty-seven IRGC members were killed and 13 others injured in the attack, claimed by the so-called Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group based in Pakistan.

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