by Fatima Adib in The ToloNews, Feb, 16, 2023 at 9:25 PMThe presidents of China and Iran together called for an end to restrictions on women’s work and education in Afghanistan. The statement was made at the end of a visit to Beijing by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during which he discussed various issues with Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China. “The two sides … called on the Afghan rulers to form…
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By Imran Danish in TOLOnews, Jan 23, 2023 at 9:05 PMIran has once again sought commitment from Afghanistan to the Helmand River Treaty signed between the two sides in 1973. Iran’s newly appointed ambassador to Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Afghanistan’s water resources should be managed to prevent waste and protect Iran’s water rights from it. In this meeting, Muttaqi assured the Iranian ambassador that…
4 security personnel martyred in terrorist activity from across Pak-Iran border in Balochistan: ISPR
by Naveed Siddiqui in Dawn, January 19th, 2023The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that four security personnel were martyred during “terrorist activity” from across the Pakistan-Iran border in Balochistan’s Panjgur district. “Today, in a terrorist activity from across Pakistan-Iran border in Chukab sector, district Panjgur, Balochistan, four security forces personnel have embraced martyrdom,” the statement said. It further said that the militants used Iranian soil to “target a convoy of security forces patrolling…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Jan 7, 2023 at 10:03 PMThe foreign ministers of Iran and Pakistan in a telephonic conversation emphasized the need for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also expressed concerns over the ban on women’s education and working. “Amirabdollahian expressed his concerns about the problematic situation in Afghanistan.…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 5, 2022The Iranian President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan lambasted the US for its destructive role in Afghanistan, maintaining that the US seeks to prove that Afghanistan would sink with turmoil and instability in its absence. Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the Iranian Special Envoy for Afghanistan, on Monday, December 5, said that the US has muddied the situation in Afghanistan by inflaming ethnic and religious conflict during the past year. He…