Iran's embassy in Kabul 'condemns the use of terrorist methods that threaten the security of the Afghan people' at a time when major powers are still grappling with the country's crisis.
On Tuesday, Iran's embassy welcomed the Taliban's announcement to restrict narcotics sales across the opium-rich nation. It announced that Tehran stood ready to cooperate in agriculture just days after Iran's special representative to Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, said the Taliban had agreed to share its country's water supply as part of decades-old treaty, one that has often been a source of contention between the two nations.
The war, now approaching its seventh week, and the humanitarian crisis it has created in Europe has consumed international attention, while Afghanistan continues to suffer from its own series of overlapping crises including economic collapse and lack of basic services since the Taliban takeover. The Taliban had vowed to respect the right of women to receive an education, something the ultraconservative group restricted when the Islamic Emirate first ruled the country from 1996 until the U.S.-led intervention five years later. But as schools opened late last month, female students seeking second education said they were turned away, sparking outcry within the country and abroad.
Special representatives Mohammad Sadiq of Pakistan, Zamir Kabulov of Russia, Yue Xiaoyong of China and Thomas West of the United States appear during their gathering for the"extended troika" meeting on March 31 in Tunxi, Anhui Province. U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said that all four countries"have a good deal of leverage with the Taliban," and"it is incumbent on all of these countries to use that leverage to push the Taliban in the right direction.
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