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| Iranian Ambassador Disputes Claims of Tehran Supporting Taliban |
| 2015-06-18 |
| [Tolo News] Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan Mohammad Reza Bahrami has rejected claims reported in U.S. media this week that Iran has provided support for the Taliban militancy in Afghanistan in order to stem the rise of Daesh. In an exclusive interview with TOLOnews, Ambassador Bahrami denied Tehran's support for any terrorist groups in Afghanistan and said such proxy strategies are a danger to every country in the region. His comments come after an article published in the Wall Street Journal suggested that Iran was providing funding for Taliban groups committed to fighting Daesh in Afghanistan. "Iran and Taliban do not have any relations," Ambassador Bahrami asserted. "In Iran's security strategy, there is no interpretation in connection with terrorist groups and any connection with these groups are against Iran, the region and outside the region," he added. "We have one thousand kilometers of shared border with Afghanistan, and in our permanent strategy, there is development and support for the central government of Afghanistan." Proxy warfare via the Taliban and other violent krazed killer groups in the region has largely defined relations between Afghanistan and its other neighbor Pakistain for well over a decade. In the case of Iran, however, while there is much evidence indicating its support for bully boy groups throughout the Arab world, including Shiite militias in Iraq fighting Daesh, much less attention has been paid to Tehran's real or perceived involvement in fighting in Afghanistan. Yet Iran's top diplomat in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... disregards claims that the strategy being pursued relatively overtly by his country in Iraq, Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and elsewhere is being mirrored in Afghanistan as baseless and irrational. "Working with these groups and krazed killer movements that have no commitment and do not belong to any regional illusory sovereignty has no good consequences and we are not interested in being involved in this issue," Ambassador Bahrami said. "Any krazed killer movement is a threat for the region." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 See also WORLD NEWS > [Daily Beast] IRAN AND AGHAN TALIBAN TEAMING UP AGZ ISIS IN AFGHANISTAN. Looks like the best one can say is that the Afghan Taliban are willing to be not more than RELUCTANT FRENEMIES of Shia Iran??? versus * SAME > ISLAMIC STATE IN "EXPLORATORY PHASE" IN AFGHANISTAN. * GROONG > ISIS STATES INTENTION TO DESTABILIZE THE CIS [+ Central Asia]: RUSSIAN FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE. RFSS Director Alexander Bortnikov. versus * BIGNEWSNETWORK > [Arab News] SAUDIS - 50,000 TRIBALS READY TO FIGHT [Iran-backed] HOUTHIS, in Yemen + in defense of the KSA. MANO-E-MANO, TRIBAL-VS-TRIBAL! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-18 02:18 |