Iran rejects ‘bizarre’ Saudi claims of support for Taliban

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News ID: 11987
Publish Date: 15:11 - 12 August 2017
TEHRAN, August 12, YJC - Iran’s embassy in Kabul has dismissed as “bizarre” claims by a Saudi diplomat about the Islamic Republic’s alleged links to Taliban militants and armed groups inside Afghanistan.

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TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - In a Tuesday statement, the embassy said it regarded as “baseless and groundless” the unprofessional and divisive remarks by the Saudi chargé d'affaires in Kabul Mishari al-Harbi and flatly rejected them, Press TV reported.

The Saudi diplomat had recently accused Iran of supporting Taliban militants in Afghanistan. 

 

Source: TehranTimes

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