Iraq''s top leaders on Sunday expressed deep concern over recent attacks on Iran''s nuclear facilities, describing them as a ...

Jared Mokowitz, the Democratic member representing Florida, in the US House of Representatives moved a resolution (H.Res. 105 ...

Amid the Iran-Israel conflict, Islamabad is playing a delicate, deliberate balancing act informed by a complicated bilateral ...

The expansion of the war from Palestine to Iran, which began on 13 June, signals an Israeli obsession persisting for four ...

The Afghan Shia Ulema Council has issued a condemnation of the recent Zionist military attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran ...

The Taliban has banned public celebrations of Eid al-Ghadir in the streets and alleys across Afghanistan, limiting observances to closed spaces like mosques and religious halls.

Wizened Afghan hands have known the Taliban to be stubborn allies since inception. In the 1990s they gave sanctuary to Pakistani sectarian militants who tormented the country’s Shias.

Experts say that these events had profound repercussions for Kurram, whose unique location along the Afghan border and significant Shia population made it particularly vulnerable to the resulting ...

It gave a higher death toll than the Taliban. The Iranian news agency IRNA quoted foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying the group had targeted people welcoming Afghan Shias who were ...

Moreover, recent statements from Taliban officials further undermine the Shia population’s recognition as Afghan citizens, despite their significant demographic presence. The Taliban’s current ...

An Afghan branch of the violent extremist group ... And this same group also said it was behind a shooting attack at a Shia shrine in Shiraz in 2022 and another one last year.

We, as Shias, are devoted to the Islamic Republic and not a threat to Iran," Rahim*, an Afghan residing in Tehran, told Middle East Eye. "We are ready to sacrifice for it.