Iran will not allow the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) to settle on its border with Afghanistan, Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi warned on Saturday.
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We will not allow terrorist organizations and ISIS to settle near our border,
" he said in a speech broadcast by official Iranian television.
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The presence of ISIS in Afghanistan is dangerous not only for Afghanistan but also for the region,
" added Ebrahim Raïssi, who was completing an official visit to Tajikistan, where meetings were held between allied countries of Russia. and China, to discuss the Taliban's return to power, which is causing concern in Central Asia.
The Taliban seized power in Kabul on August 15 after an expeditious military campaign, taking advantage of the vacuum left by the withdrawal of American troops and the collapse of the Afghan army.
The Islamic Republic of Iran shares a border of more than 900 km with Afghanistan and has maintained conflicting relations with the Taliban during their rule over an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996-2001), which Tehran has never recognized. . Iran, Shiite, nevertheless seemed to outline a rapprochement with the Sunni Islamist group for several months in the name of pragmatism, believing that the Taliban should be "
part of the future solution
" in Afghanistan. The latter formed a government made up entirely of Taliban and almost all of the Pashtun ethnic group. "
A government belonging to one ethnic or political group cannot solve Afghanistan's problems
», Said Ebrahim Raïssi on Saturday, calling for the establishment of an inclusive government with the participation of all Afghans.
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