Afghan refugees

Both Iran and the Taliban do not want an escalation, but long-smoldering hostilities risk spiraling out of control.

Around 12,000 Afghans remain stuck in Abu Dhabi. They represent a cross-section of those who fled the Taliban's lightning advance in August, from journalists to judges to soldiers.

A young Afghan woman who emigrated to Japan became ensnared in a nightmare, caught between an abusive partner and a rigid bureaucracy.

After a three-week pause in flights due to a small measles outbreak, flights are set to resume to bring Afghans to the U.S.

Mutual interests are prompting Iran and Pakistan to work together to prevent Afghanistan from descending into another civil war.

The crisis in Afghanistan has reopened painful wounds for many of the country's 2 million Vietnamese Americans, and spurred many to assist new arrivals.

The Afghan National Girls Youth Football team, its coaches, and their families were facing threats from the Taliban.

Time and again international powers involved in Afghanistan have aided refugees for political and strategic reasons that extend far beyond humanitarian concerns. 

Tashkent has assisted Western countries in evacuating some Afghans, but Uzbekistan can and should do more. 

Both countries have been willing to take some Afghan refugees in, but only temporarily. 

The Taliban blitz toward Kabul left refugees already in India feeling isolated and farther from home than ever.

Even as it leads global action on Afghanistan at the UNSC, India must salvage its own credibility as a hospitable destination for asylum seekers.