New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- On November 27, 2019 Taliban Politburo chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar visited Tehran and met Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. They discussed Tehran's readiness to facilitate the intra-Afghan dialogue. A Twitter statement of Suhail Shaheen, Taliban spokesman in Doha, said Taliban delegations and Zarif discussed a peaceful solution to the Afghanistan issue and Afghan migrants' problems in Iran. This was not the first visit by Taliban leaders to meet Iranian officials.
When US President Donald Trump declared peace talks between the US and Taliban "dead" and suspended negotiations after a deadly Taliban attack in Kabul, killing 12 civilians and an American soldier, the Taliban began their regional visits, to China, ...