Iran’s Mass Deportations Are Fueling Regional Instability
While many Iranians took to the streets to celebrate the end of the short but dramatic 12-day war with Israel in June, Abdullatif, 23, couldn’t join the joyful crowds. As ...
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Afghanistan Can’t Handle Another Refugee Crisis
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Afghanistan grapples with a refugee crisis as Iran rapidly expels tens of thousands of people, a Bangladeshi Air Force plane ...
Moscow’s Recognition of the Taliban Will Backfire
Nearly four years after the Taliban’s reconquest of Afghanistan, Moscow has formally recognized the Taliban regime as the legitimate government of Afghanistan—a move that has been welcomed by China. Moscow’s ...
Russia’s Recognition Could Bolster Taliban Regime
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Russia becomes the first foreign government to formally recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar ...
Report: Iranian Official Says Tehran Deporting 8,000 Afghans a Day
An Iranian border governor revealed this week, Afghan news outlets relayed, that Iran has dramatically increased the rate of mass deportations of Afghans, resulting in over 8,000 repatriations a day. ...
Driver exclaims ‘I should have served with f–king Taliban’ moments before fatal traffic-stop shootout with police: bodycam footage
A fatal shootout during a routine traffic stop was captured on heart-stopping video — including the armed driver declaring ‘I should have served with the f–king Taliban’ as he opened ...
Afghan refugee who worked alongside US troops killed over a parking spot in Texas: cops
He fought for freedom and died over a parking spot. The father of two infant daughters and an Afghan refugee who supported American special forces in his native country was ...
Russia Removes Taliban from Terrorism List
The Russian Supreme Court removed the Taliban junta in Afghanistan from its terrorism watch list on Thursday, paving the way for President Vladimir Putin to cooperate more extensively with the ...
