Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani described Tehran’s recent agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency as a test and an opportunity for the Group 5+1 to lead the country’s nuclear case towards the path of logic through taking mutually positive steps.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced Tehran’s permanent preparedness to assist Kabul in attaining welfare and progress.

KABUL (AFP) – More than 50 insurgents were killed in fresh fighting between Taliban-led rebels and soldiers from Afghan and international forces, the US-led coalition and police said Wednesday.Troops pounded suspected militants in the central province of Ghazni in battles that ended early Wednesday, the coalition said, adding that “several …