Eurasia Press & News

MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Oct. 4, 2007) – The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today joined the Afghanistan Minister of Education, His Excellency Haneef Atmar, to announce that Canada’s New Government is taking a leadership role to increase the access to and quality of education in Afghanistan, by …

KABUL, Afghanistan — Violence in Afghanistan has spiked to its highest level since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, with an Associated Press count of insurgency-related deaths this year surpassing the 5,000 mark.

ROME (AP) — An Italian intelligence agent who was kidnapped with a colleague in Afghanistan and wounded during a rescue operation died Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.

Six years after US forces began fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, new figures have been released showing the violence there is worse than ever.

Iranian and Indian foreign ministers in a meeting on the sidelines of the 62nd UN General Assembly meeting in New York expressed hope about finalizing a multibillion dollar pipeline project which is due to take Iran’s gas to India via Pakistan.

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) voiced its strong support for Iran’s right to access and use nuclear technology.

The following is the full text of the address of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at the Annual Coordination Meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers in New York.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, president, parliament speaker, judiciary head, cabinet ministers and armed forces as well as other governmental and non-governmental bodies, institutions and universities called on all Iranians and the world Muslims to show their support for the Palestinians by participating in the International Qods Day rallies this Friday.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, president, parliament speaker, judiciary head, cabinet ministers and armed forces as well as other governmental and non-governmental bodies, institutions and universities called on all Iranians and the world Muslims to show their support for the Palestinians by participating in the International Qods Day rallies this Friday.

Iran has put the last touches on the export of 3b cm of gas to Syria annually, after Tehran and Damascus put pen into paper for the deal.