Iran offers its good offices to India to talk to Taliban in Afghanistan

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

The sources said, "We [Iran] have influence and we have always tried to use that influence. If India wants to use that we are happy to help."

HIGHLIGHTS

• India and Iran are engaged in aspects of security and fighting terrorism
• Iran recently held official security talks with Taliban
• Sources said that Taliban is existential threat to Pakistan

Iran has offered its good offices to India to engage with the Taliban if they wish to. India did not officially participate in any of the recently held talks with the Taliban. It has maintained that any peace process and negotiation on Afghanistan has to be an Afghan-led process.

India and Iran are engaged in aspects of security and fighting terrorism. Iran recently held official security talks with the Taliban. A source explained that there are many areas bordering Iran that are under Taliban control, therefore, it had become imperative for Tehran to engage them, although, Chabahar was not discussed with the Taliban as was reported by some.

"Iran was the last country to start dialogue. We had contacts with the Taliban because they control some bordering areas. We had official security dialogue last week in Tehran. We had a short discussion with them in Moscow but the first official security meeting was in Tehran. We discussed Chabahar only with President Ghani during our meeting on security in Afghanistan,"the source said.

Iran has offered its good offices to engage with the Taliban.

"We have influence and we have always tried to use that influence. If India wants to use that we are happy to help," the sources said.

Acknowledging the instability and the threat of a resurgent Taliban, highly placed sources said that the Taliban dominated Afghanistan is a security threat not only to Iran and India but is an existential threat to Pakistan.

"We had shared this view with Benazir Bhutto when she was happy to create it. This is what we continue to tell Pakistan that Taliban is a security threat for us but an existential threat for them. And now, they don't disagree," the sources added.



https://www.indiatoday.in/world/sto...anistan-terrorism-pakistan-1426589-2019-01-08


India takes over operations of part of Chabahar Port in Iran

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...habahar-port-in-iran/articleshow/67422209.cms


India To Fully Operationalise Chabahar Port Soon, Says Nitin Gadkari

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ind...chabahar-port-soon-says-nitin-gadkari-1974516

 

[hussain0216]

Everyone is running to the Taliban

 

[Mighty Lion]

Thanks Iran.

BTW Taliban's chief negotiator is a former alumnus of Indian Military academy (1974 batch) and he wants to visit India again.

 

[Areesh]

Thanks Iran.

BTW Taliban's chief negotiator is a former alumnus of Indian Military academy (1974 batch) and he wants to visit India again.

And despite that India role would always be limited to mere disgruntled spectator

Indian military academy alumni cannot do shit

 

[Mighty Lion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1082523424176644096

 

[RPK]

And despite that India role would always be limited to mere disgruntled spectator

Indian military academy alumni cannot do shit

It is good for India to keep in spectator. A good planner listen, think and then talk. No hurry in this.

 

[Lucky Breeze]

Please somebody post "fazael e mullah irani", it will help us to praise their munafqat.

Saudi tu aal e yahood thy, ab ye khud kya hain "aal e hanood".

We have influence and we have always tried to use that influence. If India wants to use that we are happy to help

hmmmm

 

[Crystal-Clear]

lol india should have to accept Taliban as a legitimate power in Afghanistan.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

What the heck our Pentagon Boys doing????? Losing the last bastions to Iran/Russia etc.?!?! Hurry up!!! Time is running out!!! Do whatever it requires to have the Pindi Boys on your side and deal with the Taliban as if it's all over 80's again!!!! "Moral equivalent of the American Founding Fathers", "Walking Goodness" etc. coupled with F16s, Stringers etc....

 

[Arsalan 345]

iran started it in a hurry when they met with talibans just after the news of american withdrawal.on that particular news,some irainian members tried to portray that meeting in some other way but i knew that this is for chabahar.iran is scared and iran is doing all this for india.iran is like a satellite state of india.iran and india both knows that without taliban approval,they can't even fly a kite in afghanistan.i don't know if pakistan is sleeping or not but we must do everything to make afghanistan deadly for indian trucks.we must not allow them to pass trucks.they must find another country to even bypass afghanistan.we must talk to talibans.i know iranian intentions.they don't care about pakistan.they are under economic sanctions.they want money and india wants iran to destabilize pakistan.iran also wants normal situation on iran pakistan border.terrorists attacking them on the border means india and iran have the same purpose.i knew this from the beginning.talibans should not allow trade.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...fourth-peace-talks-qatar-190108070441726.html

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

iran started it in a hurry when they met with talibans just after the news of american withdrawal.on that particular news,some irainian members tried to portray that meeting in some other way but i knew that this is for chabahar.iran is scared and iran is doing all this for india.iran is like a satellite state of india.iran and india both knows that without taliban approval,they can't even fly a kite in afghanistan.i don't know if pakistan is sleeping or not but we must do everything to make afghanistan deadly for indian trucks.we must not allow them to pass trucks.they must find another country to even bypass afghanistan.we must talk to talibans.i know iranian intentions.they don't care about pakistan.they are under economic sanctions.they want money and india wants iran to destabilize pakistan.iran also wants normal situation on iran pakistan border.terrorists attacking them on the border means india and iran have the same purpose.i knew this from the beginning.talibans should not allow trade.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...fourth-peace-talks-qatar-190108070441726.html

Soon the "Last Afgan" (to fight Pak till the last of it) will be replaced by the "Last Iranian Molla"!!!! Even BD PM might jump off the ship!!! Allah kahr etsin...

 

[bafxet]

Everyone is running to the Taliban[emoji38][emoji38]

But is Iran acting like a Chaudary Sahab in an attempt to mend the relationship between India and Talaban.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Everyone is running to the Taliban

Winners take the "prom queen" for a joy ride, losers do their best....

 

[American Pakistani]

Damn...ever since the reports of US withdrawal came, bhartis are going haywire and are suffering from severe panic attacks.

 

[hussain0216]

Damn...ever since the reports of US withdrawal came, bhartis are going haywire and are suffering from severe panic attacks.

The indians are panicking they know they have been cornered and out manoeuvred and they are now desperate


They are hoping the Taliban dont rip them to pieces