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Thu, Oct 14 2010 U.S. says Iran has a role in Afghan talks Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Pakistan says willing to assist Afghan talks Fri, Oct 15 2010 Iran welcomes nuclear talks offer, seeks dates Fri, Oct 15 2010 Attacks kill 8 foreign troops in Afghanistan Thu, Oct 14 2010 EU invites Iran to nuclear talks in mid-November Thu, Oct 14 2010 Attacks kill 7 foreign troops in Afghanistan Thu, Oct 14 2010 Analysis & Opinion Gen Petraeus turns up the heat on Pakistan, Afghanistan Taliban talks: “an iffy, high-level treaty” Related Topics World » Afghanistan » Top United Nations (UN) diplomat in Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura (L) talks with U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke during a news conference in Rome, October 18, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Stefano Rellandini ROME | Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:41am EDT ROME (Reuters) - The United States recognizes that Iran has a role to play in resolving the Afghan conflict, U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Monday, as Iran attended talks with other nations on the issue for the first time. An Iranian representative joined senior officials in the international contact group on Afghanistan in Rome to discuss progress on the transfer of security responsibility to Afghan forces, the first time Iran has sent an envoy to the talks. "We were asked whether we had any problems with that and we said 'No,'" Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, told a news conference. "We recognize that Iran, with its long, almost completely open border with Afghanistan and with a huge drug problem ... has a role to play in the peaceful settlement of this situation in Afghanistan. So for the United States there is no problem with their presence." The United States has periodically accused Iran of providing some assistance to insurgents in Afghanistan. Tehran denies supporting militant groups there and blames the presence of Western troops for causing instability. Mainly Shi'ite Muslim Iran was strongly opposed to the strict Sunni Taliban when they ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Tehran has growing economic influence in the country, especially in western Afghanistan via cross-border trade. Holbrooke said the talks between the two sides at Monday's meeting did not extend to issues beyond Afghanistan. "What we are discussing here is not affected by, nor will it affect the bilateral issues that are discussed elsewhere concerning Iran," he said. The United States fears Iran's civilian nuclear energy programme is a cover for producing weapons. Tehran denies it is developing nuclear arms and said it needs nuclear fuel-making technology to generate electricity. Separately, Holbrooke sought to play down any suggestion that a NATO summit in Lisbon next month would specify areas that could be handed over to Afghan control in coming months. ""We want to make clear that in Lisbon there is not going to be any specific announcement on the number of provinces to be put into the transition category, we are not going to announce specific provinces, we are going to talk about the transition process," he said. "Transition is probably the most important word being uttered here today." Violence in Afghanistan has soared to its highest levels since the Taliban were ousted by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001. More than 2,000 foreign troops have died since the start of the war, with more than half of those in the last two years. President Barack Obama in December ordered 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan to beat back a resurgent Taliban but has also said troops will start coming home in July 2011. (Reporting by Deepa Babington and Roberto Landucci, editing by Mark Trevelyan) World Afghanistan Comments See All Comments (2) | Post Comment Oct 18, 2010 10:26am EDT Maybe the U.S. should have admitted this when the wannabe cowboy was in office. finneganG Report As Abusive Oct 18, 2010 11:17am EDT Iran’s leadership is aggressive, oppressive, and belligerent, but it would be very unwise to ignore them because of that. It will be interesting to see if two enemies, the U.S. and Iran, can work together against the Taliban. It is also a step in the right direction in terms of allowing the Middle East to resolve its own problems with less outside interference. WRL Report As Abusive See All Comments (2) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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