Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Afghanistan Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran said Tuesday, DPA reported.
Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters that Ahmadinejad would discuss bilateral and international issues with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
Afghanistan is one of the few countries where Iran and its archfoe the United States have common interests and common enemies, such as the Taliban. Both countries also support Karzai's government.
The Iranian president has often said the dilemma in Afghanistan could not be solved by military means.
Ahmadinejad said that instead of waging war, Western countries should have invested a small part of their military budgets to create jobs for the 25 million people in Afghanistan.
Iran's Ahmadinejad to visit Afghanistan Wednesday
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