Smoke rises from fuel tankers at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP) March 6, 2021 Firefighters from Iran raced to a border crossing with Afghanistan after three fuel storage tanks caught fire on Saturday, officials told Iranian media. Iran sent 10 fire [...]
Afghan security forces patrol, in Farah, Afghanistan, on May 19. (AFP) March 3, 2021 At noon on March 1, Afghan and Iranian border forces exchanged fire in Nimrouz province, southwestern Afghanistan. The conflict flared up over clearing equipment being used in the Helmand River. The river has always been a contentious issue in Afghanistan, where border [...]
U.S. troops assess the damage after an attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, August 2017. (Reuters) February 25, 2021 The United States always reserves the right to respond to attacks “at a time and place of our choosing,” a senior US general said Wednesday, adding that “the memory and reach of the US are very long.” The [...]
A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the aftermath of a massive fire at Islam Qala border crossing in Afghanistan's Herat province on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP) February 16, 2021 Investigators began sifting through the ruins of a massive fire that destroyed hundreds of fuel tankers parked at a major crossing [...]
As many as 10,000 Afghan fighters may have been recruited by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. (SMO) By Daniel Dayan February 16, 2021 The stories of former members of the Fatemiyoun Brigade who fought in Syria on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran are redolent with violence and frustration. The Fatemiyoun Brigade is one [...]
Smoke rises from fuel tankers at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP) February 15, 2021 A massive fire that erupted when a fuel tanker exploded over the weekend at a major crossing in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on the Iranian border was [...]
Smoke rises from fuel tankers at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in Herat Province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP) February 15, 2021 At least 100 oil and gas tankers have been destroyed by an inferno at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, causing millions of dollars of losses, officials said [...]
Several trucks were engulfed in flames after the explosion, the report said. (Getty) February 13, 2021 A fuel tanker exploded Saturday at the Islam Qaleh crossing in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on the Iranian border, Iranian state TV reported. Several trucks were engulfed in flames after the explosion, the report said. It wasn’t [...]
The Revolutionary Guards have sent not only young Afghans to fight in Syria, but also a number of Afghan children. (Supplied) By Daniel Dayan February 6, 2021 Thousands of Afghan nationals have joined the Fatemiyoun Brigade over the years, compelled either by promises made by the Islamic Republic or by their religious beliefs. This militant [...]
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right) is shown meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (center) of the Taliban in Tehran in a photo from January 31. (AFP) By Golnaz Esfandiari February 4, 2021 Iran is defending its hosting of a senior Taliban delegation for an entire week in a move that analysts say is [...]
