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Foreign Policy

Iranian official: Tehran will not recognize current Taliban government

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Iran’s special representative to Afghanistan says the Islamic Republic is pursuing a policy of interaction with the Taliban rulers based on support for the Afghan people, adding Tehran will not recognize the current administration in Kabul as long as an inclusive government is formed.
Views

Former Iran diplomat: Taliban still facing legitimacy issue

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One year after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, a former senior Iranian diplomat says the Taliban government is yet to be accepted by the Afghan people, stressing that lack of coherence is clearly seen in the administration in Kabul.
Security

Iran, Taliban govt. to form joint committee to end border clashes

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Iran and Afghanistan have held a meeting following recent clashes between border guards in Hirmand area.
Security

Iran interior ministry says Taliban should brief guards on border limits

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Iran’s deputy interior minister for security affairs says the Taliban officials should make sure Afghan border guards know the geographical limits and frontiers of the country, to prevent tensions that flare against the will of both sides.
Asia

In first round of talks, Taliban, Masoud’s forces agree to hold fire: Report

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The Taliban and a group of local fighters in Afghanistan led by Ahmad Masoud have held a first ever round of talks, agreeing to cease hostilities until a second round of talks is held, a report says.
Views

Ex-diplomat: Taliban’s new manifesto fuels domestic, foreign radicalism

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The recent grand assembly in the Afghan capital Kabul that rubber-stamped the Taliban’s rule over Afghanistan shows the movement is sticking to its totalitarian policy, a former Iranian diplomat says.
Asia

Taliban say US ‘biggest hurdle’ to intl. recognition

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The Taliban have alleged the United States is blocking their way to securing international recognition for the group’s new government in Afghanistan.
Asia

Russia hints to likely recognize Taliban govt. in Afghanistan

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Moscow will make a decision whether to recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan regardless of the opinion of the United States or any other country, says Russia’s special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov.
Security

‘Number of child laborers in Iran up 20 times since Taliban’s rise’

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A senior Iranian human rights official says estimates show the number of child laborers in Iran has jumped 20 times since the Taliban group’s takeover of neighboring Afghanistan in August 2021.
Economy

Iran rejects Taliban claim on low-quality gasoline exports

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Iran’s Customs Administration has rejected Taliban’s claim that they returned 12 fuel tankers containing low-quality gasoline to Iran.
Asia

US envoy raises Afghan women’s rights with Taliban FM

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The US special envoy on Afghanistan has met the Taliban’s acting foreign minister in the Qatari capital Doha and stressed international opposition to the group’s expanding curbs on women and girls.
Asia

‘17 Taliban members killed in ambush in northern Afghanistan’

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The spokesman of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) says 17 Taliban members have been killed in an ambush by the movement’s forces in the province of Panjshir, in the latest escalation between the two sides in around nine months.
Asia

Interim Afghan government calls itself inclusive

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Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi says the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is an inclusive government.
Asia

Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces in public

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The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces in public, saying Burqa is the best hijab, according to a decree from the group's supreme leader.
Views

Recognition of Taliban not on Iran’s agenda for now: Ex-envoy

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A former Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan says recognition of the acting Taliban government is not on Tehran’s agenda for the time being, stressing that the new rulers in Kabul must first accept international regulations and ensure Iran’s share of water from the Helmand River.
Asia

Taliban leader urges global recognition of new Afghan government

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The top Taliban leader has called on the international community to recognize the “Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan, which the group re-established last year after taking over state affairs.
Security

Iranian president warns of surge in Takfiri threat to regional countries

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned about a surge in threats against Afghanistan and other regional nations. Raisi issued the warning following a new attack targeting civilians in Afghanistan that happened on Friday.
Asia

Report: Hundreds of ex-Afghan officials, soldiers killed, kidnapped by Taliban

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After seizing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have murdered or kidnapped about 500 former Afghan officials, military personnel, and those believed to have collaborated with the United States, according to a report.
Asia

Taliban say taken over Afghan embassy in Moscow

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Taliban Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Abolghahar al-Balkhi says the group’s representative has taken over the Afghan embassy in Moscow.
Asia

Taliban condemn deadly stabbing attack on 3 clerics in Iran

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The Taliban have condemned a deadly knife attack on three clergymen at the Imam Reza Shrine in the city of Mashhad in the northeastern Iranian province of Khrasan Razavi.
Asia

Taliban pledge to provide Iran’s share of water from Helmand as agreed: Official

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Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan says the issue of Iran’s water right was discussed and resolved during a recent meeting with the Taliban representatives in China.
Asia

Chinese FM in Afghanistan ahead of neighbors meeting

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kabul on Thursday, a Taliban official confirmed. It comes a week before Beijing hosts a meeting of Afghanistan's neighbours to explore ways of helping the country following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Asia

UN says Afghan girls school suspension ‘deeply damaging’

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that Taliban's decision to suspend high school for girls in Afghanistan was "a profound disappointment and deeply damaging for Afghanistan."
Asia

Taliban order girls’ schools shut

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The Taliban have shut down girls’ school in Afghanistan.
Asia

Taliban ban Afghan national flag

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The Taliban have issued a decree on Sunday officially banning the internationally-recognized Afghan tricolor flag and replacing it with the so-called Islamic Emirate flag used by the group.
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