Iran To Hold Training For Taliban Employees on Agriculture
The Taliban’s Ministry of Agriculture said that Iran has announced a commitment to provide short- and long-term training to the group’s employees.
According to the Taliban’s Ministry of Agriculture, a delegation from this ministry has travelled to Iran and met officials of Iran’s Plant Protection Organisation (PPO).
In a statement on Thursday, the ministry added that during the visit of Mawlawi Attaullah Omari, the Minister of Agriculture of the Taliban to Iran, Atiqullah Muslim, the director of the plant protection directorate, and Mirwais Khogiani, the minister’s technical advisor, held meeting with officials of PPO.
According to the statement, among other issues, the two sides discussed cooperation on the activation of devices to control plant diseases and pests, joint control of desert locusts, import and export of fertilisers, and improving the capacity of employees of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Taliban.
The Taliban delegation announced its readiness for more engagement and cooperation with the Islamic Republic based on the group’s policies.
