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Iran maintains cautious calm as Taliban rises

Iran has been quietly watching the rise of the Taliban on its eastern border. 

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Aug 16, 2021
Taliban fighters stand guard in a vehicle along the roadside in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule.
Taliban fighters stand guard in a vehicle along the roadside in Kabul on Aug. 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war. — AFP via Getty Images

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