The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has described US withdrawal from Afghanistan as a disaster, saying Tehran is ready to give any assistance to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the war-hit country.
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 Tehran forum on Afghanistan has wrapped up its work with participants calling for an inclusive government that represents all ethnic groups as the only way out of the current impasse in Afghanistan. They also called on the Taliban to ensure the rights of all ethnicities and that “the territory of Afghanistan would create no threat for the neighboring countries”.
Foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighbors issued a joint statement at the end of their meeting in Tehran, reiterating the need for an inclusive political structure, with the participation of all ethnicities, as the only way out of the current situation in Afghanistan.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has named Hossein Kazemi Qomi as his special envoy for Afghanistan. Raeisi appointed Kazemi Qomi to the post at the Cabinet session on Sunday.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement in condemnation of Friday’s terrorist attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The attack, a bomb blast, happened at the Fatemieh Mosque in Kandahar.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the recent deadly blast in a mosque in northern Afghanistan, as a heinous crime, calling for the punishment of the perpetrators of the explosion.
Following coordination with Iran’s Interior Ministry and the heads of the Afghanistan’s interim government, Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, the governor of Khorasan Razavi province has traveled to Afghanistan along with his entourage with the aim of developing trade relations and investigating and solving transit problems in a meeting met with various Taliban officials.
Iran, Russia, China and Pakistan have in a joint statement underlined the necessity of respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Afghanistan.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says the recently announced Taliban government in Afghanistan is serving in a caretaker capacity and is not what Iran and the international community expect.
Iran’s representative to the United Nations Majid Takhte Ravanchi says Afghanistan is at a critical turn and the dire situation is the direct result of the military intervention of the US and its allies and their irresponsible withdrawal.