Sunday, November 14, 2010

Afghan FM in Tehran Talks


Al-Manar

"14/11/2010 Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rasoul arrived in Tehran on Sunday on the first high-level visit by an Afghan official since President Hamid Karzai admitted Kabul had received Iranian cash payments.....

Iran's ISNA news agency reported that Rasoul headed a delegation including several deputy ministers that sought to boost relations between Kabul and Tehran.
Karzai's administration was plunged into controversy last month after the New York Times reported that his chief of staff, Umar Daudzai, had received regular cash payments from Iran......

The Iranian foreign ministry later acknowledged giving "assistance" to Afghanistan.

Karzai denied that the payments were secret and likened them to the financial assistance given to Kabul by Washington."

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