Tehran Backs Afghan Peace, Offers Advisory Help

Iran pledged continued backing for the campaign to restore Afghanistan's peace and stability and said it would welcome any request from its eastern neighbor for advisory assistance.
"Iran continues its full support for the promotion of security and stability with comprehensive and sustainable development in Afghanistan and lends its support to any Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled call for reconciliation and peace process," said Gholamali Khoshroo, the ambassador to the United Nations.  "It is in this context that we welcomed to participate in the Kabul process and endorsed its final declaration in February this year, as well as any other similar processes, to help achieve peace and security in Afghanistan," he told a debate of the UN Security Council over the situation in Afghanistan on Thursday.