Taliban Seals Offices of Khomeini Relief Committee in 3 Provinces of Afghanistan
Iran's Jamaran news reported that the Taliban have banned the activities of the Khomeini Relief Committee offices in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif.
Iran's Jamaran news reported that the Taliban have banned the activities of the Khomeini Relief Committee offices in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif.
On Thursday, Jamaran news reported that these offices "were sealed after an order by the Taliban forces”.
The Khomeini Relief Committee is a quasi-governmental organisation which is founded on the order of the late supreme leader of the Islamic Republic. The committee also opened its offices in Afghanistan over the years.
The activity of this Iranian agency had been stopped after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in late 1990s, but after the fall of the group, the second round of work of the Khomeini Relief Committee resumed in the cities of Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Herat, and Zaranj in 2002.
According to Jamaran news, the activity of the relief committee's office in Kabul was stopped almost a month ago, and its offices in Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat cities have been shut down on July 31 on the Taliban’s order.
It has been said that the Taliban forces have also approached the representative of the Relief Committee in Nimroz city of Zaranj, but its activities are still ongoing.
Iranian officials and the Taliban have not reacted to the news so far.
However, informed sources told Jamaran news that the Taliban sealed the Khomeini Relief Committee offices in the three provinces "without any prior notice”.
