Iran says it held talks with Afghanistan

Majority Shi’ite Muslim Iran has long had close ties to Shi’ite groups in neighboring Afghanistan whose militias have fought the Taliban’s Sunni Muslim militants.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani walks to deliver a speech during the Conference of Government’s Achievements in Developing Rural Infrastructure in Tehran, Iran, August 26, 2019.

(photo credit: PRESIDENT.IR/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 17:10

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