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YB WEB DESK. Dated: 7/22/2021 11:46:56 AM

S Jaishankar, Iran foreign minister talk ties in context of Afghan conflict

New Delhi, July 21 Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Iranian counterpart JavadZarif on Wednesday against the backdrop of intense fighting raging between the Taliban and Afghan security forces in Afghanistan. “Good to talk to Iranian FM @JZarif. A productive conversation on our ties," said a Twitter post from Jaishankar. There were no further details. India and Iran, besides Russia, were the main backers of an anti-Taliban alliance when the Pakistan-based hardline group was in control of Kabul and large swathes of Afghanistan between 1996-2001. The three countries had helped fund the anti-Taliban alliance in Afghanistan that was once headed by Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Masood.