ISNA | Shima Masjedi: 'Tehran Dialogue Forum; 23rd Persian Gulf International Conference' kicked off in Tehran on Tuesday morning in the presence of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of Oman Yusuf bin Alawi and former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, as well as many experts, directors of various foreign think tanks, and ...

Press TV -The Pentagon has acknowledgedIrans key role in restoring peace and stability to war-torn Afghanistan, backtracking on Washingtons earlier claims that Tehran supports the local Taliban militant group. Iran seeks a stable Afghan government that is responsive to Iranian goals, the elimination of ISIS-K, the removal of the US/NATO presence,...

IRNA - Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamhani described as suspicious US decision to transfer remaining of Daesh terrorists to Afghanistan. US has never been benefactor for Afghan people, Shamkhani said in a meeting with Hamid Karzai, Former President of Afghanistan. He referred to US dual behavior as regard fighting ...

IRNA | Mohammad Babaei: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meets former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and Deputy Afghan Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqiq in Tehran on Saturday.  

The Khaama Press News Agency - The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called for joint regional cooperation to fight the menace of terrorism after a deadly attack on military parade in Iran left scores of people dead or wounded. The Office of the Former President in a statement said the former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemns the attack ...

MNA Iranian former Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi told Afghan former president Hamid Karzai that occupation and terrorism are still crippling Afghanistan. The legacy of Mr. Karzai in Afghanistan is longlasting, and even today he is an influencial figure of Afghanistans public sphere, said Seyyed Kamal Kharrazi, the Head of Iran's Strategic ...

MNA Iranian .Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday.During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on bilateral issues and stressed the need for developing cooperation to combat terrorism and extremism. This is reportedly Mr.Zarifs last meeting in Kabul, after which he would leave the Afghan ...

Kabul, April 4, IRNA The nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is in the interest of all regional states, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said in a statement released on Saturday. The Iran-G5+1 was a big step towards decrease of tensions in the region and will boost economic cooperation between regional states, he added. The statement ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Diana Timmerman, and Marie Donovan. Regional Developments and Diplomacy Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary ...

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his farewell speech on Tuesday to take one last swipe at the United States, capping a long-testy relationship with the accusation that America hasn't wanted peace in Afghanistan. The only president Afghanistan has known since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion said the United States wanted ...

[caption id="attachment_115630" align="alignright" width="258"] FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks as Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, and Abdullah Abdullah listen during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. "Radicals" backing Abdullah could foment ...

Dushanbe, Sept 12, IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani conferred with Afghan President Hamed Karzai in a meeting on Friday. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The two presidents discussed latest regional and international developments including the presidential ...

TEHRAN, July 12 (MNA) US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Kabul to talk election dispute with two presidential candidates. Following the gridlock over run-off presidential election in Afghanistan after which both candidates claimed victory, John Kerry went to Kabul to talk the two contenders. US secretary of state and his aides met with Andullah ...

A top Iranian official declared Wednesday that Afghanistan's presidential election was held fairly in a sign of progress for the country, despite final results being delayed because of fraud allegations. The comments by Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, came after it was announced that the ...

Kabul, March 27, IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani who had arrived in Kabul early on Thursday to attend Nowruz festival, left the Afghan capital for Tehran later on the day. During his visit to Afghanistan, the Iranian president participated in a trilateral meeting of presidents of three Persian-speaking countries (Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan)....

Kabul, March 27, IRNA The trilateral meeting of the Iranian, Afghan and Tajik presidents started here on Thursday on the sideline of the Nowrouz festival currently underway in this country. During the meeting, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, his Afghan and Tajik counterparts Hamid Karzai and Emomalii Rahmon respectively discussed the issues ...

Tehran, March 12, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani in a message to his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai expressed condolence to the Afghan nation and government on demise of Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim. According to Presidential Office, Rouhani in his message expressed sorrow over death of Fahim, a prominent Afghan Jihadi leader. Rouhani ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the US and its Western allies launched the war in Afghanistan for their own interests. Afghans died in a war thats not ours, Karzai said in an interview with the Washington Post published on Sunday. He said that the 12-year-old war was for the US security and for the Western interest. The Afghan president also ...

NEW DELHI: India is actively seeking Iran's cooperation in dealing with the situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban have been emboldened by the growing rift between the US and President Hamid Karzai, not deterred by the recent hiccups in ties with the energy rich country. Responding toIndia's sentiment,the moderate Iranian President,Hassan Rouhani,...

Despite an admirable intellect and dedicated support for US military personnel at war, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says President Barack Obama didnt have sufficient faith in the troop-surge strategy he ordered in Afghanistan. After months of debate with Gates and top advisers, Obama ordered a troop surge in Afghanistan in late 2009. Around ...