Iran holds talks with Taliban
Iran has met with the Afghan Taliban, a top Iranian security official said yesterday according to the Tasnim news agency, just days after the militants attended reconciliation talks in the UAE.
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the announcement while on a visit to the Afghan capital Kabul, several Iranian agencies reported..
No details on where the talks took place were given by the news agency, which is considered close to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Abas Aslani, a reporter for Tasnim, tweeted that it was the first time talks had been confirmed between Iran and the Taliban.
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