Afghanistan

[Shahab3]

Iran streckt seine Fühler vermehrt Richtung Afghanistan aus. NATO und Teile der Bevölkerung beobachten dies angeblich teilweise misstrauisch. Stellt sich die Frage, ob der gemeinsame Nenner (Frieden, Stabilität, wirtschftl. Aufschwung)
gegenüber der unterschwelligen gegenseitigen Bekämpfung der Einflussnahme überwiegt. Siehe dazu:

Iran subtly expands influence in western Afghanistan
By FISNIK ABRASHI

HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) - From cheap ice cream to 24-hour electricity, Iran is strengthening economic ties with western Afghanistan that could undermine support for U.S. and NATO forces.
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Tehran has built 10 schools and several clinics in western Afghanistan, and paid for the equipment to provide electricity 24 hours a day in Herat, unlike in most other parts of the country, including the capital Kabul.
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Local political analyst Mohammed Rafiq Shaeir said Iran wants greater influence in western Afghanistan to promote its own national interests, both security and economic.

"The people of Herat have doubts about why Iran is putting so much attention into this area but they still recognize that it is good for our own national interests and security in the region to have friendly relations with Iran," Shaeir said.
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