Karzai Calls for Regional Initiative To Solve Afghan People's Problems

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul said that former President Hamid Karzai in a meeting with Iran's special representative for Afghanistan called for a regional initiative to solve the problems of the Afghan people.

According to the embassy, Karzai called for more attention from the countries of the region, especially Iran, to the issue of Afghanistan.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul on Wednesday, November 20, announced the meeting between Hamid Karzai and Kazemi Qomi.

Karzai has not commented on the meeting and the regional initiative to resolve the Afghan issue.

According to information provided by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic, Kazemi Qomi had a separate meeting with Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's deputy prime minister, and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the group's foreign minister.

Without providing details, the embassy wrote that during the meeting of Hassan Kazemi Qomi with these Taliban officials, the current developments in Afghanistan were discussed.

Regarding the meeting, the Taliban said that Iran wants to expand political cooperation with the group. These meetings took place after a delegation of the Islamic Republic visited Kabul and held talks with Taliban officials.

During the visit of a delegation from the Islamic Republic to Kabul in recent days, it was agreed that 1,000 Afghan prisoners in Iran will be handed over to the Taliban.

Karzai is a supporter of intra-Afghan dialogue and has consistently spoken of a "national dialogue" to resolve the Afghan issue over the past three years. The former president of Afghanistan has been critical of the closure of girls' schools and has repeatedly called on the Taliban to reopen girls' schools.

Iran has close ties with the Taliban and has consistently called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. However, the Taliban has rejected the idea of the formation of an inclusive government, which is also the demand of the international community.