KABUL — After decades hosting Afghans fleeing crises at home, Pakistan and Iran have ramped up deportations and forced millions back across the border to a country struggling to provide for them.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Afghanistan's neighbors met in Iran and agreed to deepen regional coordination to address political, economic and security challenges, as well as calling for sanctions on ...

More than 5.2 million people returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in 2025, worsening humanitarian pressures, aid ...

Tehran has acted as a counterweight to Pakistan’s influence, especially during periods when Islamabad sought to weaponise jihadist networks against Indian interests.

Afghanistan occupies a central position in Tehran’s changing playbook, as the country is both a risk and a buffer for Iran. The recent cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan have once ...

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TEHRAN, Iran -- Afghanistan's neighbors met in Iran and agreed to deepen regional coordination to address political, economic and security challenges, as well as calling for sanctions on Afghanistan ...

The BLA is the strongest of a number of insurgent groups long operating in the province bordering Afghanistan and Iran, a ...