Iran calls for release of Afghan funds during Taliban envoy's visit


  • World
  • Monday, 10 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian , seen in Beirut, Lebanon October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban administration's acting foreign minister travelled to Iran to meet with his Iranian counterpart, who called for Afghan financial assets blocked since the Taliban takeover to be released for humanitarian purposes.

A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday the visit did not constitute official Iranian recognition of neighbouring Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. But Iran's foreign minister criticised the United States over the frozen assets.

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