KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – An Afghan citizen has been killed in U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
The Tasnim News Agency reported that an Afghan national named Kowsar Adeli was killed during the strikes carried out by the United States and Israel. According to the report, the incident occurred early Monday (March 23), when attacks targeted residential areas in the Khair Abad district of Waramin, Iran. No further details have been released.
This marks the first reported case of an Afghan citizen being killed in the ongoing attacks, although the actual number of Afghan migrant casualties remains unknown. During last year’s 12-day war between Iran and Israel, several Afghan migrants were also killed and injured.
The current war between Iran, the United States, and Israel is one of the most serious escalations in the Middle East in recent years. The conflict intensified in February 2026 after U.S. and Israeli forces launched large-scale strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and key strategic sites. These attacks followed years of tension over Iran’s nuclear program and regional influence, as well as the collapse of diplomatic efforts to revive nuclear agreements.
Since then, the conflict has expanded rapidly, with Iran retaliating through missile and drone attacks not only on Israel but also on U.S. bases and several countries in the region. Major cities, including Tehran and Tel Aviv, have faced repeated strikes, and civilian areas have increasingly been affected. The war has also drawn in regional actors such as Lebanon and Gulf states, raising fears of a broader regional conflict.
The humanitarian and economic consequences are growing. Civilian casualties have been reported across multiple countries, and large numbers of people have been displaced. At the same time, the conflict has disrupted global energy markets, with rising oil prices and concerns about long-term economic instability due to damage to infrastructure and threats to key routes such as the Strait of Hormuz.
Despite occasional signals about possible negotiations, fighting continues, and the situation remains highly unstable. Diplomatic efforts by regional and international actors have so far failed to produce a ceasefire, leaving civilians—including vulnerable communities such as Afghan migrants in Iran—at serious risk as the conflict intensifies.
