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 …

Bilateral security relations between Iran and Pakistan have now become a cornerstone in the two countries’ ties, an Iranian official said.