Afghanistan

Iran in talks with Taliban to resume 'Silk Road' rail project

Mar 09, 2022 02:53

Iran is in talks with the Taliban to extend a rail link from its border city of Khaf to the Afghan city of Herat, an official has said.
Taliban call for lifting of sanctions on Afghanistan

Mar 04, 2022 06:09

The Taliban have called on the international community to lift its sanctions on Afghanistan shortly after the United Nations warns about the country’s ‘irreversible’ economic collapse.
Afghanistan on brink of 'irreversible' economic collapse: UN envoy

Mar 03, 2022 07:29

Humanitarian agencies may have distributed enough aid to Afghanistan to prevent large-scale famine and starvation, but the economic challenges have left the country on the brink of “irreversible” ruin, the UN envoy to Kabul says.
US would not have chosen 'embarrassing' Afghanistan pullout if it could, Iran FM tells Press TV

Feb 27, 2022 09:26

Iranian Foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has dismissed US claims that the withdrawal from Afghanistan had all been planned beforehand, saying they would not have opted for such an "embarrassing" pullout if they had other choices.
Iran proposes joint investment programs in Afghanistan

Feb 23, 2022 12:35

Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan has expressed Tehran’s readiness for joint investment programs in various fields in the neighboring country.
Ex-British FM: West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan

Feb 21, 2022 09:32

Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan and its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the country.
UN food agency says 95% of people in Afghanistan do not have enough to eat

Feb 20, 2022 05:49

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) says 95 percent of people in Afghanistan “do not have enough to eat,” as the United States has frozen Afghan government assets worth billions of dollars and international sanctions against the ruling Taliban have plunged the Asian country into a full-blown economic crisis.
Iran FM warns of Afghan refugee crisis, Yemen disaster in meeting with UN chief

Feb 19, 2022 09:56

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned of the burden of a new wave of refugees from Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of the Central Asian country and also stated that the ongoing Yemen crisis has reached a critical point that requires concerted international efforts.
China slams US seizure of Afghanistan’s assets as ‘conduct of bandits’

Feb 17, 2022 04:36

China has condemned the United States’ decision to seize Afghanistan’s frozen assets amid a mounting humanitarian crisis, saying the conduct is no different from that of “bandits.”
Taliban threaten to reconsider policy toward US over assets freeze

Feb 15, 2022 14:03

The Taliban have warned the United States that they will be forced to reconsider their policy toward Washington if it refuses to free Afghanistan's assets.