Iran Hosts Taliban Talks With Afghan Officials as U.S. Exits War

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The two countries have deep historical and cultural ties, and Iran is already home to almost 3 million displaced Afghans, according to the United Nations.
47% : Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency on Wednesday published video of the meeting chaired by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran, without naming any of the Afghans present.
44% : "Iran is ready to help in the process of dialog between different factions in order to resolve the current conflicts and crises in Afghanistan," Tasnim quoted Zarif as saying.
41% : Iran is hosting talks between senior Taliban negotiators and officials from the Afghan government, as the militants make rapid territorial gains ahead of the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces.
20% : While Iran is a majority Shiite power in the Middle East, officials in the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in 2018 accused Tehran of ramping up support for the Sunni militant Taliban in retaliation for the Trump administration's decision to reimpose sanctions on the Iranian economy.

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