However, Washington conducted wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that—whatever their justifications—resulted in the removal of two staunchly anti-Iran regimes, the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, leaving Iran freer to pursue its regional schemes. ..…
Plenty of evidence, however, suggests that political ties between Iran and Taliban are improving. Last December, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, confirmed that Iran had begun holding talks with Taliban, order to..…
Karim Amini, Kabul We left Afghanistan for Iran in the very first year of Taliban regime. ..…
the engagement of Iran with Taliban especially along Afghanistan- Iran border is for their black-market source to import dollars from the merchants of Farah and Herat provinces as Iranian currency is deprecating against the US dollars. Along with this emergence of ISIS in some..…
One former Afghan official pointed out that Iran has built ties to Taliban that it could use to help shape settlement and U.S troop withdrawal.. ..…
But Pentagon and CIA will also be pressing Pakistan, to use its territory if not military operations, against Iran.. Trump is seeking to prod Taliban into settlement that will allow Pentagon to redeploy its resources to pursue aggression elsewhere, whether against Iran,..…
While Unocal was in the midst of negotiations, Khalilzad sometimes spoke of Taliban, and other times painted them writing in Washington Post op-ed that Taliban was more like Saudi Arabia than Iran.. ..…
President Trump cited these ties when, May 2018, he announced U.S from Iran nuclear deal. For years, Iran detained al-Qaeda militants and their families who fled Afghanistan following the fall of Taliban in 2001, causing some U.S officials to question whether Iran..…
In recent months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other Trump administration officials have been trying to convince Congress that Iran has ties with al-Qaeda and Taliban... ... So to use the law to justify going to war with Iran would be stretching the text of AUMF and the..…
Mulroy said that he and Defense Intelligence Agency official did brief lawmakers on the historical and ongoing ties between Iran and Taliban, and not al-Qa'ida... The DIA representative described the historical ties between Iran and Taliban, that these ties are widely..…
Conservative Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin told reporters that Pompeo had raised the notion that the Authorization for Use of Military Force, first used to approve the war on Taliban and al-Qaeda after 11, could be used to go after Iran if..…
On Monday, two Pentagon officials gave a classified briefing on Iran to legislative aides in which they mentioned Taliban ties, according to people with knowledge of the session. . ... It was the first time an American official had said Iran was behind the attack, which was aimed..…
They included ending enrichment, which was limited under JCPOA, ending support of Hizbollah, Houthi militias and Hamas, respecting the sovereignty of Iraq, 200 troops in the country, Iranian support for Taliban and Qaeda, despite Iran's animosity towards both groups. ... But to oppose..…
After 2003, Iranians used to joke that God must be on their side because why else would the US have Iran's two deeply hostile neighbours Taliban Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein Iraq.. Past precedent suggests they're right in Lebanon Iran came out on top and helped created..…
TEHRAN - The Taliban militant group said peace talks with the US, have stalled over the key issue of timetable for American and other foreign troops to pull out of Afghanistan, Taliban demand... TEHRAN - Iran is to declare set of decisions that would come reaction to the US from the..…
He lied accusing Iran of supporting Taliban fighters Afghanistan, Russia blamed the same way.. ..…
United States, Russia and China called on Taliban to speak Afghan delegation that includes the government... One country that has criticized the US approach is Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, that United States had alienated Afghans by turning Taliban into king-makers... ..…
During the 1990s the US followed Saudi Arabia in Afghanistan to contain Iran through Taliban. ... By supporting Saddam against Iran; . creating and supporting Al-Qaida and Taliban; blockading Qatar; . launching military coups in the region; military intervention in Bahrain..…
No known cases of death sentences have been meted out since the end of Taliban rule. . Iran . In accordance with sharia law, homosexual intercourse between men can be punished by death, and men can be flogged for lesser acts such as kissing. ..…
The articles stated that Hamas had turned Gaza Strip into prison for its residents, that Hamas members had become the hangmen of Gaza people, and that Hamas is in the same camp among them Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, Qatar, Hizbullah, and Taliban. ... Muhammad Aal Al-Sheikh stated in his..…
Tehran informed Kabul that it had upgraded its relations with Taliban from intelligence to diplomatic contacts and reminded it that Iran reserved the right to take action against U.S interests and those of Gulf States if they engage in hostilities against it. ..…
Taliban attended Moscow of regional countries China, Iran, India, and Pakistan February, the in. It's fitting that Taliban came to Moscow, capital of Soviet invaders. ..…
In the peace calculus, Afghan government is of importance given its narrow base and isolation while Americans, Taliban, the region especially Pakistan- Iran and Russian Federation together with Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates remain to be key players in Afghan peace process. ..…
Notwithstanding, on November, Russia hosted talks between Afghanistan's High Peace Council, the members of Taliban from its Doha, including China, India, Iran and Pakistan. At the time however, Taliban mounted concerted attacks in Baghlan, Jaghori district in Ghazni and Farah..…
Daesh terrorists, have been Afghanistan, clashing with both Kabul and Taliban militants and alarming neighboring nations, including Iran.. ... Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, during December 26, 2018 visit to Kabul also said that Tehran..…
Russia hawk and was one of the main propagators of the claim made last year that Russia was funneling weapons through Iran to Taliban Afghanistan order to weaken popular support for U.S efforts Afghanistan, hoping United States will give up and 'go home.. ..…
Relations between Washington and Islamabad have soured recent years, with U.S officials repeatedly accusing Islamabad of ignoring or even collaborating with groups like Afghan Taliban. China, Eritrea, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. ..…
India, Iran, China, Pakistan and Central Asian countries including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan met Moscow on November with Taliban delegation led by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Mullah Mohammed Omar's Taliban government.. ... Taliban Zabiullah Mujahid meanwhile..…
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the community to engage Taliban in an inclusive dialogue with Afghan in bid to restore peace to the war-torn nation... ..…
Lacking peer strategic or economic rival, United States perceived its security threat during this post- Cold War period to come from rogue states like Iraq and Iran and — Taliban, and Islamic State. ..…
In Afghanistan Taliban re-claim new territory daily. Iran's influence has increased due to our policies. ..…
Attending the conference were members of Taliban Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and China. ..…
Islamic of Iran, Wahhabi of Saudi Arabia and Taliban created highly charged situation. ..…
The economic weapons we use against Iran are not available to us against Taliban because Afghanistan has no economy to speak of and Taliban are receiving so much international support. ..…
Washington constantly makes convenient alliances with state and non-state actors alike (groups such as anti-Turkish Kurds in Syria or Iran’s elite, anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan) in order to protect its interests (rightly or otherwise). . ..…
And yet, U.S officials Russia and Iran as doing just that, even. The State Department believes that Russia and Iran are hedging their bets by backing Taliban on the side, even as American forces fight the regime while looking for breakthrough for peace settlements. ..…
Russia, China, and Pakistan have “noted the deterioration of the security situation [in Afghanistan],” declared Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, adding that the three countries agreed on a “flexible approach to remove certain figures from sanctions lists as part of efforts..…
Khorasan is a historic name for a region that covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of India, Iran, and other surrounding countries. . The Taliban still remains the largest terrorist in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, the Obama administration took away the U.S. military’s authority to offensively..…
Objective researchers contend that Iran is not being demonized just as Taliban, Iraq's Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Qadaffi were not threat... ..…
.- Iran estrangement has complicated Washington's efforts to advance the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians in the 1990s, win the struggle against al-Qaeda, or defeat Taliban Afghanistan and Iraq. While U.S of Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq put American troops on..…
Peace With Taliban War With Shiite Iran... • The Taliban was created by America, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in the late 0s early 0s to fight Soviet of Afghanistan.. ... Since Islamic, Iran had been contained by Sunni enemies on both sides, and the elimination of these forces..…
Do you want American Jews to remain silent, or worse, support Hamas, organization or the likes of Al Qaida, Taliban, Iran, Syria or North Korea to name just few.. ..…