Ariana: Nearly 60,000 Afghan students are enrolled at Iranian universities and scientific institutions, an Iranian official said, calling for increased international assistance to countries hosting refugees. Nader Yar-Ahmadi, head of Iran’s Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs, gave the figures during the 77th annual session of the UN refugee agency’s Executive Committee in Geneva.
Afghanistan International: Iranian MP Mohammad Mehdi Shahriari says Tehran may make 100 hectares of land at Chabahar port available to Afghanistan for two to five years for imports and transit activities. Shahriari is a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission. He said Afghanistan has no access to international waters and
Kabul Now: Iranian border guards have reported a fourfold increase in seizures of synthetic drugs along the border with Afghanistan during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year, amid growing concerns over the production and trafficking of methamphetamine in the region. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: Esmail Qaani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, called for strengthening Tehran-backed groups known as the “Axis of Resistance” from Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iran to Gaza and Lebanon. He also hailed the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq as a victory. Regarding Afghanistan, Qaani included the country
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 23, 2026 When Nizam Hematkhil heard the news, he rushed to a remote corner of Iran near the border with Pakistan. A group of illegal migrants from Afghanistan had died in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. When Hematkhil arrived in the village of Mak Sukhteh, he found the bodies of
8am: If we seek a simple answer to these complex developments, we can conclude that the terrorist group the Taliban, on the advice of Khalilzad and ethnic secular networks outside Afghanistan, have concluded that in the ongoing conflict between America and Iran (in which Saudi Arabia is indirectly involved), the Taliban should remain aligned with
Amu: Seventeen Afghans, including women and eight people under the age of 18, died from severe dehydration while traveling toward Iran, according to the Haalvsh human rights organization. Haalvsh reported that the group died Thursday in the Mak-Sukhteh area along the Rotak border region of Saravan, Iran, after running out of water during the journey.
Afghanistan International: The Taliban police command in Baghlan says its forces killed two National Resistance Front commanders during an operation in Nahrin district. The Taliban identified the commanders as Shams and Baba. The Taliban police command in Baghlan said on Friday, 28 August, that the two senior NRF members were killed during an operation the
Khaama: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has no restrictions on issuing visas to Afghan citizens and that the Foreign Ministry is ready to cooperate in facilitating the visa process. Araghchi said Iran also wants to expand trade, cross-border travel and economic cooperation with Afghanistan, emphasizing that many issues affecting communities along the two
Afghanistan International: The recent attack by the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), in which its forces took control of parts of Zebak district in Badakhshan, has challenged the perception of the Taliban as an invincible military force. The operation followed the temporary seizure of Yaftal district on 17 July 2026 by Sepaheyan-e-Maihan (“Soldiers of the Motherland”),