Iran blames U.S. wrong “expansionist” policies for Afghan issue: media


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TEHRAN, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A top Iranian security official said Friday the "expansionist" U.S. policies are the main culprits for the 20-year Afghan war, the Iranian semi-official agency Nour News reported. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks in an address to the fourth Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Dushanbe, the Tajik capital. Iran has long been hosting some five million Afghan refugees, despite the absence of efficient international support and under tough U.S. sanctions, he said. The development and welfare of Afghan people can only be grounded on the security, peace and...