The Taliban captured provincial capitals Qalat, Terenkot, Pul-e-Alam, Feruz Koh, Qal-e-Naw and Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan, hours after capturing Herat and Kandahar cities. The group so far has control over 18 provincial capitals across Afghanistan. In his first appeal to the group, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the Taliban to immediately ...

The commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the countrys borders enjoy full security, with the IRGC, Army and Police forces closely watching and controlling border areas, as the Taliban militants capture new territories in neighboring Afghanistan. The armed forces are present at the countrys eastern borders with full readiness ...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman expressed concern over the escalation of violence in neighboring Afghanistan. In a statement on Friday, Saeed Khatibzadeh expressedconcern over the escalation of tensions in Afghanistan and the situation of the Afghan people who were displaced,callingfor paying attention to the lives of people and civilians ...

Tasnim An Iranian delegation is visiting Kabul on Tuesday for talks on a recent incident at the common border that resulted in the deaths of Afghan migrants trying to cross into Iran illegally. The Iranian delegation is chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand, and includes an assistant to the foreign minister and a ...

IRNA Iran has donated 10,000 protective face-mask to Afghan government and people as symbol of international solidarity to fight coronavirus pandemic in Afghanistan. According to Irans consulate in Herat, in line with its humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Iranian government donated 10,000 protective masks to Herat health office. The Iranian masks ...

The Guardian - Lone Kabul laboratory preparing to treat patients in the midst of political turmoil and tentative peace talks, as border with Iran closed Preparations for an outbreak of coronavirus were underway in Afghanistan as the country confirmed its first case in the western province of Herat, which borders Iran. Seven more suspected cases ...

IRNA - Head of Industries and Mines Division of Herat Province, Afghanistan Hamidullah Khadem applauded Irans assistance in the construction of the Herat Industrial Town. At his meeting with the Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Herat Mahmood Afkhami Rashidi, Khadem referred to Iran's projects to supply electricity and raw material ...

TOLOnews- Iran is willing to invest in Sangan iron ore mine in Herat province and process the mineral resource inside that country. However, the Afghan government has called for processing the mineral resource inside Afghanistan, the acting minister of mines Nargis Nehan said. Sangan iron ore is located in bordering areas between Afghanistan ...

Financial Tribune- Construction work on a segment of railroad project extended from Iran to Afghanistan in western Herat province will be completed within the next 10 days and then put into service, the Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan said on Saturday. Work on the 62-kilomter railroad project from Irans border to Ghoriyan District of Herat was ...

Tehran, Aug 2, IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi Wednesday slammed the suicide terrorist attack in Herat, Afghanistan which claimed the lives of 20 people and injured 50 others. It is time for the regional countries and international bodies to try their best to stand by Afghan people and government to put an end to violence, Qasemi ...

IRNA Irans consul general in Herat has rejected the news released by certain media suggesting the landing of an Iranian helicopter in the Afghan province of Farah, an area dominated by the terrorist group of Taleban. Such news is aimed at damaging Tehran-Kabul friendly ties, Mahmoud Afkhami-Rashidi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on ...

[caption id="attachment_39061" align="alignright" width="194"] This file photo shows a house which was hit by a NATO airstrike in Logar Province, Afghanistan.[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- European and American officials always say they need Irans help in restoring stability in Afghanistan just like in Iraq. In their words: The Islamic Republic ...

Herat city, Afghanistan, Nov 25, IRNA The first joint specialized trade exhibition of Iran and Afghanistan was inaugurated here on Tuesday. In the opening ceremony, Iran's general consul in Herat, deputy governor general of Khorasan Razavi province as well as Herat's governor general were present. The exhibition displays foodstuffs, agricultural ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An official with Irans Khorassan-e Razavi province said on Monday his province is capable of constructing a pipeline to transfer Irans natural gas to Afghanistans Herat province. Ali Rasoulian, head of Economic Affairs Office of Khorassan-e Razavi provincial administration, announced the provinces readiness in a session on the ...

Kabul, Oct 2, IRNA - Head of Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) said the second international conference on Herat security negotiations will be opened in Herat on October 4. Talking to IRNA, Davood Moradian said several political and academic experts, delegates from a number of international organizations, journalists, business delegates ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The UN Security Council condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attack in Herat, Afghanistan, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility. In a statement, the UN body underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these "reprehensible acts of terrorism" to justice, and urged ...

Kabul, Sept 8, IRNA Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai on Sunday expressed regret over clashes outside Iranian Consulate General in Herat yesterday. Addressing his weekly press conference, Mosazai assured Iranian and other foreign diplomats residing in Afghanistan that the Afghan government would properly protect them. The incident ...