TEHRAN: Iran has held talks with the Afghan Taliban, one of the country’stop security officials said, the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
“The Afghan government has been informed of the communications and talkscarried out with the Taliban, and this process will continue,” said AliShamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, accordingto Tasnim.
No details on where the talks took place were given by the news agency,which is considered close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Shamkhani informed the Afghan authorities about the discussions during avisit to Kabul on Wednesday, according to Tasnim and other agencies.
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“The Islamic Republic has always been one of the primary pillars ofstability in the region and cooperation between the two countries willcertainly help in fixing Afghanistan´s security issues of today,” he said.- APP/AFP
