{"id":13148,"date":"2026-05-16T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/taliban-iran-mahirud-border-transit-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:38:18","slug":"taliban-iran-mahirud-border-transit-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/taliban-iran-mahirud-border-transit-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Officials in Farah and Iranian Authorities Discuss Easing Transit at Mahirud Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban officials in Farah province announced that during a meeting with Iranian authorities at the Mahirud border point in South Khorasan province, discussions were held to enhance transport cooperation and resolve issues related to the transit and transfer of goods. According to reports from Bakhtar News Agency, the meeting took place with the presence of Mullah Mohammad Hafiz Mujahid, the Taliban-appointed governor of Farah, Mawlavi Seyed Ahmad Sajid, head of the provincial land transport authority, and their delegation, along with several Iranian officials. During the session, both sides exchanged views on expanding joint cooperation, facilitating vehicle traffic, addressing existing obstacles in the transit of commercial goods, and providing additional conveniences for traders and cargo trucks. Officials from both sides described strengthening transit and trade relations as important for their countries and emphasized ongoing coordination to improve commercial transfer processes and create greater ease for merchants. According to the officials, such meetings can play an effective role in reducing transport problems and developing economic ties between Afghanistan and Iran. The Mahirud crossing is considered one of the major trade routes between the two countries, with a significant portion of border trade conducted through it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban and Iranian officials meet at Mahirud border to boost transport cooperation and ease transit of goods between Afghanistan and Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}