News - Middle East: An Iranian diplomat says Washington’s main goal for invading Afghanistan was to contain the Asian country’s neighbors, despite its alleged fight against terrorism.

“Americans came to Afghanistan under the pretext of confronting terrorism but their main aim was to contain and dominate the neighboring countries,” Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, Iranian president’s special envoy on Afghanistan affairs, said on Friday in an interview with Al-Alam TV.

Kazemi-Qomi has also been recently appointed as Iran’s caretaker ambassador to Kabul as the tenure of former envoy Bahador Aminian came to an end.

“Their first excuse for choosing Afghanistan for the invasion was the existence of terrorism and Al-Qaeda while the group came to Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks,” he said.

Americans are pursuing their plans through occupation and military presence while al-Qaeda is carrying out its assigned missions as a proxy, added the diplomat.

“Americans brought Daesh to Afghanistan,” he said, warning that the US is “trying to further its plans in Afghanistan through this proxy war.”

Source: Press TV