Days before the United States and Israel launched their airstrikes on Iran, Pakistan was declaring “open war” on Afghanistan. Few seemed to notice.

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​​When the United States and Israel began their military assaults on Iran, it had already been two days since Pakistan declared “open war” on Afghanistan.

The return of more than 5.2 million Afghans from Iran and Pakistan last year – another situation likely to be exacerbated by the war in Iran – is adding a further strain to an Afghan economy marked by endemic poverty, and a chronic scarcity of jobs.