Afghanistan occupies a central position in Tehran’s changing playbook, as the country is both a risk and a buffer for Iran.
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Managing Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a sore, but it has been so for all the years of Pakistan's existence. More importantly, we have lived through it and kept a decent face. The Soviets and the Americans came and occupied ...
Relations between the two neighbors hit a low point this month, with fighting killing people on both sides of the border. At issue is a rise in militancy in Pakistan since the Taliban took over ...
The rhetoric from Islamabad has extended beyond India. Earlier this month, Asif accused Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government ...
The sides plan to meet again at a higher-level gathering in Istanbul on Nov. 6 to finalize how the ceasefire will be ...