Afghanistan 0
14 June 2019

One day after Secretary of State Pompeo listed a 31 May incident in Kabul while discussing "a series of attacks instigated by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its surrogates against American and allied interests", the Iranian embassy hit back saying that the "raising of these baseless allegations comes at a time when the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on its own interests and national security, has acted, not claimed, to work closely with the Afghan government to strengthen the stability, security and piece of the neighbouring country". 

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