The decisions made by certain countries against Tehran can never block Iran’s progress and development, the country’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said on Sunday.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – Dozens of Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan military base in restive southern Afghanistan but pulled out after losing 10 of their fighters, an official said Monday. The rebels left their dead comrades on the battlefield and “escaped after tough resistance” Sunday night at the base in …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Four suspected kidnappers were captured Monday as Afghan police freed a German aid worker who had been snatched from a restaurant while she ate with her husband, officials said.Hundreds of police freed the 31-year-old woman in a raid after midnight in western Kabul, not far from the …