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Afghan's Taliban delegation in Iran for security talks: report

Xinhua, May 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

A political delegation of Afghanistan's Islamist Taliban group has met with Iranian security officials on diverse topics, local media reported on Tuesday.

The visiting team, led by Tayyeb Aqa, head of Taliban office in Qatar, arrived in Tehran on Monday, according to Tasnim news agency.

In the talks with Iranian security officials, a number of issues, particularly recent developments in the region and Islamic world, were discussed, Tasnim said.

The issue of Afghan refugees in Iran was also on the agenda, the report said without elaboration.

The Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement. It formed a government in Afghanistan, ruling as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, from September 1996 until December 2001.

After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Taliban government was overthrown by the American-led invasion of Afghanistan. Endit