KABUL — After decades hosting Afghans fleeing crises at home, Pakistan and Iran have ramped up deportations and forced millions back across the border to a country struggling to provide for them.

Latif Salar (holding hymnal), pastor of the Memphis Afghan Church, and Darla Richardson of Refugee Memphis, sing Christmas songs of hope and joy at Second Baptist Church on Sunday. (Photo: Micaela ...

After decades hosting Afghans fleeing crises at home, Pakistan and Iran have ramped up deportations and forced millions back ...

For decades, millions of Afghans fleeing war, persecution, and poverty have sought refuge in neighboring Iran. But crossing the 921-kilometer-long border has become increasingly dangerous for many ...

With the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghanistan government and the rise of the oppressive Taliban to power, thousands of Afghans have sought to flee the country in recent days. Heartbreaking images ...

A woman who helped educate girls in Afghanistan has told how she covered her 10-month-old baby’s ears to block out gunfire as she fled the Taliban. Frishta Matan, 29, and her sister Farzana, 25, ...

Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by Pakistan threatens this community of exiles. By Elian Peltier Visuals by Asim ...