Iran warns of Daesh rise in Afghanistan

Iran’s mission to the United Nations has expressed concern over a rise in the activities of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in neighboring Afghanistan.

Gholam-Hossein Dehqani, Iran’s deputy ambassador to the UN, called attention to a United Nations report which has found that armed conflict in Afghanistan currently stands at its highest level since 2001.

“Afghanistan continues to face major security, political, and economic challenges,” Dehqani told a UN Security Council session on Tuesday.