"Unfortunately, some extremist forces are embarking on racial and ethnic disparities in Afghanistan for their own narrow political objectives," Iran's U.N. mission told Newsweek.

Iran has been deporting hundreds of thousands of Afghans for years but is now ramping up xenophobic sentiment to quicken the ...

Given that Iran has long positioned itself as the champion and protector of Afghanistan’s marginalized Shiite Hazara population, the internal rifts emerging over Iran’s cultivation of the Taliban ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan share long and porous borders with Iran. This makes them vulnerable to the potential fallout from mounting tensions in the Middle East.

On June 22, the US joined Israel’s offensive, striking key Iranian nuclear facilities at Natanz, Fordo, and Isfahan. Two days ...

The direct conflict between Iran and Israel severely impacts Afghanistan, which is struggling with fragile governance, economic crisis, and insecurity under Taliban rule. From a massive refugee ...

The message it sends on Iran. Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, maintained that while Afghanistan has tarnished America’s image, it wouldn ...

Afghanistan's and Iran's water crises require both countries to show a strong hand on the issue of water supplies, both for domestic consumption and to protect their national interests.

Since the beginning of the nuclear negotiations between P5+1 and Iran, there has been much debate about the deal’s potential impact on the Greater Middle East, including Afghanistan. The Afghan ...

It’s not like there's a lack of opportunities in Iran and new opportunities in Afghanistan," said Sarah Craggs, IOM’s senior program coordinator for Afghanistan, who is based in Kabul.

Amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, members of the military community tell PEOPLE that although there is support for the ...

Abdul Saboor escaped poverty and instability in Afghanistan three years ago with his wife and three children and found work in neighboring Iran. Now he has returned home, despite the fact that ...