Pakistani soldiers wearing facemasks stand guard at the closed Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan on February 25, 2020. (AFP) September 19, 2020 The Pakistan government has decided to set up markets along its borders with neighboring Afghanistan and Iran to boost trade opportunities, foster peace and check smuggling, the commerce ministry said on Friday. [...]
The Fatemiyoun Division while celebrating the Iranian revolution anniversary. (Supplied) By Amir Toumaj September 18, 2020 The Afghan paramilitary group Fatemiyoun Division, which answers to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), held its first “international conference,” an ideological indoctrination gathering, on Aug. 13 at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran. The Fatemiyoun’s Media Center has [...]
Afghan fighters with the Fatimiyoun Brigade in Syria. (AP) August 27, 2020 An Afghan paramilitary group that answers to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Fatemiyoun Division, announced on Aug. 16 that one of its fighters has died as a result of COVID-19. That statement appears to be the first official confirmation [...]
U.S. troops assess the damage after an attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in August 2017. (Reuters) By Zachary Cohen August 17, 2020 US intelligence agencies assessed that Iran offered bounties to Taliban fighters for targeting American and coalition troops in Afghanistan, identifying payments linked to at least six attacks carried out by the militant group just [...]
Iranian-backed Afghan Fatemiyoun Brigade fighters in Syria. (Supplied) By Amir Toumaj August 17, 2020 On 4 August, US-designated terrorist group Fatemiyoun Division, a Shiite-Afghan paramilitary unit that answers to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force, released an “exclusive” video of fighters undergoing “specialized” training at a camp in Syria. The exact date [...]
The leader of Bahrain's Shiites, Sheikh Issa Qassem addressing the Fatemiyoun gathering. August 13, 2020. (Fars) August 15, 2020 An Iran-backed Afghan militant group called the Fatemiyoun Brigade vowed on August 14 to carry out its fight until the “annihilation of Israel” and creating the “new Islamic civilization. The Fatemiyoun is made up [...]
Pro-Taliban Afghans wave group’s flag at the Mellat Park in Tehran, Aug 1, 2020. (Asharq Al-Awsat) August 4, 2020 Afghan Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Sadiq Siddiqui called on Iran Monday to prevent Taliban activities in Tehran, in the first comment after some Afghans were seen in pictures waving the Taliban flag at a park [...]
The Revolutionary Guards have sent not only young Afghans to fight in Syria, but also a number of Afghan children. (Supplied) July 31, 2020 Afghan children regularly flee to Iran to escape poverty and instability, hoping for a better life. After their dangerous journeys with human traffickers across the border, many of them end [...]
Afghan security personnel stand guard in front of the Iranian embassy as civil society activists hold banners and shout slogans against the Iranian government during a protest, in Kabul on May 11, 2020. (AFP) July 21, 2020 Afghan lawmakers and experts said on Monday Tehran could no longer “cover up” the drowning of [...]
Students protesting during Student Day at the University of Tehran, December 7, 2019. (Twitter) June 22, 2020 An Iranian official has denied that the country’s universities discriminate against Afghan students, despite the fact that they are barred from studying particular subjects, cannot join student unions and face severe restrictions on where they are [...]
