KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Tasnim News Agency has reported that six members of an Afghan migrant family were killed in attacks by the United States and Israel on targets in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
According to the report, the members of this family were killed in the “13 Aban district of Shahr-e Rey” in Tehran.
Tasnim also reported that the body of another Afghan citizen who had been killed in attacks by the United States and Israel in the “Andimeshk district” of Khuzestan province was buried yesterday.
Similarly, five days ago,Tasnim News Agency had reported that an Afghan national, Kowsar Adeli, was killed in strikes carried out by the United States and Israel five days earlier. The incident had occurred early Monday (March 23), when residential areas in the Khair Abad district of Waramin, Iran, were targeted.
This had been the first reported case of an Afghan citizen killed in the ongoing attacks, although the exact number of Afghan migrant casualties had remained unknown. During last year’s 12-day war between Iran and Israel, several Afghan migrants had also been killed and injured.
More than four million Afghan migrants are present in Iran, and the intensification of the war and disruptions in internet and communications have worried their families in Afghanistan.
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.
Over the past four years, the Taliban and Iran have maintained close political and economic relations, while generally taking a cautious approach to regional tensions involving Iran and Gulf states.
