In this episide of the The Daily Hustle, we hear from an Afghan who had to flee Iran when conflict between Israel and Iran escalated in June 2025. The Iranian government’s drive to deport Afghans had already accelerated the pace of ‘returns’. However, for Afghans who had lived through years of conflict in their own country, the ominous drums of war served as a powerful catalyst to flee Iran. AAN’s Nur Khan Himmat heard the story of a man who left his home in Tehran and took his family to start life all over again, in Afghanistan. He spoke from a camp for returnees in Herat.

Duration: 15 minutes

Shownotes: Roxanna Shapour reads The Daily Hustle: Afghans flee the Iran-Israel war, based on an interview by Nur Khan Himmat, first published in June 2025. For more on the expulsion of Afghans from Pakistan, please take a look at this story, also from June 2025: The Second Phase of Forced Returns from Pakistan: Afghans tell stories of hardship and misery

For more Daily Hustles, stories of one struggle in one Afghan’s life, look back at our archive here:

Photo: Afghan families, who have been deported from Iran, rest with their belongings at the Islam Qala border crossing, by Wakil Kohsar/AFP, 28 June 2025

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