Amidst reports about the Trump administration’s bid for an early pullout of its forces from Afghanistan, a senior Iranian official has said that Iran favors a responsible withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and sees it as a violation of Afghan national interests if the country is abandoned to an opposition group.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday rejected Pakistan’s claims that India is using Afghanistan soil to plot attacks against Pakistan and said the claims are baseless. “We are committed to the policy of combating all forms of terrorism in the world without any discrimination,” the ministry said in a statement.