according to saudi arabia, afghan senate members certified the existence of documents which affirm that the taliban collected endorsements from both iran and russia. thus members of the taliban are located in the cities of mashhad, yazd and kerman in iran. moreover, the governor of the state of farah in afghanistan, asif ning, also confirmed this in an interview with the dari-speaking freedom radio stating: "they are living in the cities of yazd, kerman and mashhad. they eventually return to afghanistan to vandalize. at the time being, a number of senior members of the taliban leaders are living in iran", adding that "[t]he bodies of taliban fighters killed in recent clashes were delivered to their families in iran".