Afghanistan
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Pakistan Army spox. denies involvement in Panjshir attack
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Pakistan Army spokesman Babar Iftikhar strongly denied reports of Pakistan's involvement in drone strikes in Afghanistan's Panjshir province.
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IRGC Quds Force cmdr.:
Iran trying to exclude militarism as solution for Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – According to a member of the Iranian Parliament, the IRGC Quds Force commander said a closed Parliament session that Iran is trying that the resolve of the Afghan issue not to be through war.
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Report:
Intensive clashes continue between resistance forces, Taliban
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – A source close to the National Resistance Front said late Tuesday that intensive fighting continues in Afghanistan’s northern Panjshir Province which did not yield to the Taliban group who seized power in the country.
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Iran Parl. holds closed session on Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Iranian lawmakers have discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan in a closed session with senior IRGC commanders in presence.
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Headlines of Iran's Persian dailies on September 7
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Mehr News Agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Tuesday, September 7.
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Atmar congratulates Amir-Abdollahian on becoming Iran FM
TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar has congratulated his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on winning Parliament’s endorsement to become Iran’s foreign minister.
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Ahmad Massoud reacts to Taliban advances in Panjshir
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Afghanistan's National Resistance Front (NRF) reacted to Taliban advances in Panjshir province, addressing Afghan people in a message.
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Report:
Mullah Hassan Akhund announced as head of Taliban gov.
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Some Pakistani media reported that the Taliban had announced Mullah Hassan Akhund as head of government.
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Senior ISIL leader killed in Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – One of the leaders of ISIL was reportedly killed by Taliban forces.
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Report:
Taliban invite 6 states to attend formation of gov. meeting
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Some media outlets have claimed that the Taliban has invited six countries, including Iran, to attend a meeting to announce the formation of a new government in Kabul.
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Afghan NRF refutes Taliban claim over Panjshir control
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – According to National Resistance Front (NRF) spokesman, the major part of the Bazarak district of Panjshir is under the control of Afghan resistance forces.
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Political use of IAEA to lead to Iran's different response
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Stating that neither JCPOA side should move in a direction that will affect the negotiations in Vienna, Khatibzadeh said that the political use of the IAEA technical platform will lead to a different response from Iran.
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Veteran American soldier kills 4 people including an infant
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – A veteran of the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, fatally shot a man, two women, and an infant , wounding a girl inside two homes near Lakeland, Florida.
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Taliban claims it took complete control of Panjshir (+VIDEOS)
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Following last night's Taliban advances in Panjshir province, a spokesman for the group claimed that the province was completely under Taliban control.
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Afghanistan's resistance spokesman Dashti killed in Panjshir
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Fahim Dashti, spokesman for the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan’s northern Panjshir province has been killed in armed clashes that continue in the region, news sources reported.
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Abdullah thanks Iran for defending Afghan people
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – In his phone talk with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation thanked Iran for defending the Afghan people and called on Iran to send humanitarian aid to his country.
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Afghanistan neighboring states' meeting to be held Sept. 8
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – The virtual meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries will be held on Wed. Sept. 8 to discuss the latest developments in this country.
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Iran backs "useful" negotiations, Raeisi tells Macron
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – President Ebrahim Raeisi told his French counterpart on Sunday that "Iran supports useful negotiations," adding that "the sanctions against Iran must be lifted."
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Panjshir developments:
Paryan no longer in control of Taliban: spox
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – According to a spokesman for the Panjshir Resistance, Paryan district of the province is no longer in control of the Taliban.
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Baradar promises to form inclusive’ Afghan gov.
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Emphasizing that the future government of Afghanistan will be inclusive and will provide security to this country, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar announced that the group is in the process of forming a government.
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Iran to support Afghan people: Ghalibaf
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran will stand by the Afghan people.
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Iran, Pakistan FMs discuss latest Afghanistan developments
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abodllahian and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi discussed in a telephone conversation Sat. the latest developments in Afghanistan.
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UN chief to convene high-level conference on Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will participate in a high-level conference on aid for Afghanistan on September 13 in Geneva.
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Taliban says took control of important areas of Panjshir
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – A strategically important area of the defiant Panjshir province, Khenj, and the Anaba district have fallen to the Taliban, the movement's spokesman Bilal Karimi said on Saturday.
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Google temporarily locks Afghan government accounts
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Google has temporarily locked down an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts.
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4 killed, 7 injured by Taliban in aerial shooting: report
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Reports Say that four were killed and 7 were injured in an aerial shooting incident by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni Iranian genius of Islamic Golden Age
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni, the Iranian scholar and the 10th-century Islamic mathematical genius has inspired scientists and mathematicians for several centuries, and his name continues to command respect even today.
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Taliban suffer losses in Panjshir, retreat in several paths
TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – According to a regional source close to the National Resistance Front Members, the Taliban group suffered heavy losses in the Panjshir province and had to retreat.
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Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government: source
TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – According to sources close to the Taliban group, Mullah Baradar, the head of the group's political office, will lead the new government in Afghanistan.
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Top officials urge EU to create rapid reaction force
TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Two senior European Union officials urged the bloc’s governments on Thursday to set up a rapidly deployable military force to intervene around the world.