Why So Many Afghans Have Been Forced Out of Iran

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By Elian Peltier, Jim Huylebroek, Yaqoob Akbary, Rebecca Suner, David Seekamp and Laura SalaberryJuly 16, 2025

More than 1.4 million Afghans have been forced out of Iran since January amid a governmental crackdown. Elian Peltier, an international correspondent at The New York Times, reports from the Afghanistan-Iran border. There, he met with Afghans grappling with an uncertain future, as they return to a country with widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights.

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