Iran Confirms It Provided Aid to Afghanistan, Plans to Continue
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the payment of aid to neighboring Afghanistan, a day after the U.S. said Iran shouldn’t interfere in Afghan internal affairs.
“The government has provided assistance,” the ministry spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, said today at a news conference aired live by state television, in response to a question about Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s confirmation of the payments. “Plans for the reconstruction of Afghanistan have been followed, engineering projects have been executed, and they will continue in the future."