Article: IRAN: TEHRAN WELCOMES AFGHAN ACCORDS AND INTERIM CHIEF.

Afghanistan's interim administration chief, Hamid Karzai, expressed his hope that Iran would "help the establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan and the improvement of economic conditions for the people of Afghanistan" in a 13 December interview with Iranian state television. Tehran welcomed the 4 December selection of Karzai as the head of the interim administration in Afghanistan, and Karzai discussed the expansion of Iran-Afghanistan cooperation in a 9 December telephone conversation with Iranian envoy to Afghanistan Ebrahim Taherian, according to Mashhad radio. It is not yet clear how wholehearted Iranian support for Karzai is, but resistance to him is more ...

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