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Iran, Afghanistan agree on prisoner transfers, resumption of stalled border, water talks

Iran Press TV

Wednesday, 29 October 2025 8:22 AM

Iran and Afghanistan have reached agreement on several key issues, including prisoner exchanges, resumption of stalled border demarcation projects, and renewed cooperation on water rights and security issues.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, announced the news in a post on his X account on Tuesday, saying the agreements were reached during his visit to Afghanistan and meetings with the country's minister of borders and tribal affairs, the head of the Taliban's Department for Oversight and Implementation of Decrees, the deputy minister of water and energy (Water Commissioner), and the first deputy foreign minister.

"Based on an understanding between Tehran and Kabul, it was agreed that the list of imprisoned Iranian nationals would be handed over to Iran's embassy in Afghanistan, and arrangements would be made for their immediate transfer to Iran," he noted.

Gharibabadi emphasized the need to strengthen border controls to prevent drug trafficking, human trafficking, and the infiltration of terrorists, adding that it was also agreed to resume the renovation project of border demarcation, which has been suspended for seven years.

"It was also agreed to hold a joint technical and legal committee meeting simultaneously, focusing on the prompt resolution of existing border ambiguities," Iran's deputy foreign minister further noted.

Gharibabadi further underlined the need for the full implementation of the 1973 Hirmand treaty and Iran's complete receiving of its water right under the treaty, the provision of environmental water rights with respect to the Hamoun wetlands, and the establishment of a legal regime for the Harirud (Hari River).

"It was agreed that the meeting of the two countries' water commissioners would be held in Iran as soon as possible to discuss these issues in a spirit of cooperation and within the framework of fulfilling existing commitments," he stressed.

Regarding extradition of Afghan criminals, it was decided that the relevant Afghan authorities would arrest and prosecute them, Gharibabadi noted.

Iran's deputy foreign minister also added that as for Afghan convicts imprisoned in Iran, it was agreed that, based on the related agreement and reciprocal actions by the Afghan side, the transfer of eligible prisoners to Afghanistan to serve their sentences would be resumed.