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India says Iran, Russia and Central Asian countries have confirmed their participation in the upcoming Afghanistan conference in New Delhi. Pakistan has declared it would not be attending the meeting.

Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic's proposed resolution on nuclear disarmament is a test for UN member states.

The terrorist and drug threats continue to come from Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power in the war-ravaged country, Moscow warns.

Iran has been voicing positive messages in relation to the Azerbaijan Republic in recent weeks, which Baku highly appreciates, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday. The top diplomat added Baku, as before, aims to develop ties with Tehran.

A Taliban delegation will visit Iran to discuss increasing scientific cooperation, the group’s acting minister for higher education has announced.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan says the situation in South Caucasus is still unstable due to Azerbaijani authorities’ quote non-constructive measures.

The use of foreign currencies has been completely banned in Afghanistan, the Taliban announced, citing national interests and current economic conditions as reasons for the move.

The 11th cargo of Iran’s humanitarian aid for the Afghan people has arrived in Herat and was handed over to the local Taliban officials.

The Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for the fatal attack that targeted Afghanistan's largest military hospital in Kabul on Tuesday.

A Taliban military commander was killed when his men responded to a Daesh suicide bomb and gun attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul on Tuesday, officials have confirmed.

Iran's Ambassador to Afghanistan Bahador Aminian has met with Taliban's Acting Information and Culture Minister Khairullah Khairkhwaha.  

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Tuesday’s deadly attack on a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul.

At least 20 people were killed and over 50 others wounded when two explosions followed by gunfire hit Afghanistan's biggest military hospital in Kabul. The toll is expected to rise.

First Vice President of the previous Afghan administration, Amrullah Saleh, says former US representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is "smilingly lobbying" for the Taliban movement and the Haqqani Network.

The Pentagon has removed a massive collection of Afghanistan War footage totaling 124,000 photos and 17,000 videos from its official visual record.

The leader of the Afghan National Resistance Front Ahmad Massoud is trying to seek the support of various states in countering the Taliban, Deputy Governor of Afghanistan’s Province of Panjshir says.

A growing number of US-trained Afghan soldiers and intelligence officials are joining the Daesh ranks to fight the Taliban, according to a report. The new rulers of Afghanistan have long accused Washington of funding the terror group.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said Tehran has had enough of words from the US regarding the Iran nuclear deal and it’s waiting for action from Washington.

Russia says it fully supports Iran, favoring the return of the signatories to the nuclear deal ‘in its original form.’

Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has made his first-ever public appearance in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. There was tight security at the event and no photographs or video have emerged.

Iran has declared its readiness to act as the hub for delivering goods into Afghanistan, Tehran’s envoy to China says. The ambassador adds his country supported the use of the Beijing-proposed Belt and Road Initiative to improve the economy and people's livelihoods in the war-torn country.

The Taliban has praised the recent meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries in Tehran. The new rulers of Afghanistan have once again called on the international community to recognize the group as the country’s government.

The new rulers of Afghanistan are pushing to unblock billions of dollars of Afghan central bank reserves abroad. The drought-stricken nation is facing a cash crunch, mass starvation and a new migration crisis, after the Taliban seized power in August.

The administration of US President Joe Biden is withholding information from the public that could have predicted the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko, says.

Alireza Sharifi, a local cameraman with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting has survived an assassination attempt in the Afghan capital Kabul.