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A Taliban Delegation Visits Tehran

Jun 11, 2013 | 10:47 GMT

A Taliban Delegation Visits Tehran
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) meets with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

(ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Summary

Iran has reached out to the Taliban in a bid to compete more effectively with Saudi Arabia in Afghanistan and to pressure the United States. The move is part of the broader Sunni-Shiite sectarian struggle.

A recent Afghan delegation in Iran suggests the Sunni-Shiite struggle in the Levant is spreading as far as Afghanistan....

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