Tasnim Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi confirmed that a delegation from the Afghan Taliban recently paid a visit to Iran and held consultations with relevant Iranian officials. Recently, within the framework of the comprehensive consultations of the Islamic Republic of Iran with all parties in Afghanistan, a political delegation ...

Press TV - Members of Taliban's Qatar-based political bureau have visited Tehran and held talks with Iranian officials on the latest developments of the Afghan peace process, including the breakdown of US-Taliban negotiations. The delegation has reportedly conferred with a number of political and foreign ministry officials of Iran on the Afghan ...

The Iranians and Taliban used to be deadly enemies. But theyre finding common cause against the threat of Islamic State followers in Afghanistan. LONDON A bloody clash between the Afghan Taliban and followers of the so-called Islamic State late last month in western Afghanistan has exposed critical shifts in alliances in a war the United States ...

An investigation should be launched as to who released the news on a trip by a Taliban team to Iran and what information they based their story on, Afkham said. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said Wednesday that she was not aware of any visit to Iran by a Taliban delegation. [Her comments came a day after Tasnim News Agency released ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A political delegation of Afghanistans Taliban has paid a visit to Tehran to hold talks with Iranian security officials on regional issues, particularly the developments in the Islamic world. The visiting team, comprised of members of Afghan Talibans political bureau in Qatar, arrived in Tehran on Monday. Led by Tayyeb Aqa, head ...

Iran news headlines on Monday include Russia urging resumption of Iran-P5+1 talks; UN nuclear chief calling Iran talks asgoing around in circles; Iraq warning of Israel on using airspacefor strike against Iran; country calling for expansion of closer ties with Cairo and Afghan Taliban confirmation oftalks in Iran.   Russia urges swift resumption ...

KABUL: ATalibanspokesman has confirmed that the Afghan insurgents have sent a delegation toIranfor three days of talks. The unprecedented meeting signals that Iran could be seeking the role of regional mediator between the Taliban and Kabul. SpokesmanQari Yousef Ahmadisaid Monday in an email that emissaries from the Taliban's political office met ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi has dismissed reports about a Taliban political delegation visiting Iran from their office in Qatar. I do not confirm the Taliban delegations trip, Araqchi said on Sunday. An Iranian news agency had reported on Saturday that members of the Talibans political mission in Qatar, headed by Syed Tayyab ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A semi-official Iranian news agency says Tehran has hosted a delegation of the Afghan Taliban, the radical Sunni group that has long been a sworn enemy of Iran's ruling Shiite clerics. The Fars agency reported on Saturday that the Taliban held talks with Iranian intelligence officials. Fars says the visitors came from the Taliban's ...