Future Studies of Iran-Afghanistan Relations After the Reemergence of the Taliban in 2021

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Department of Islamic Studies, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences

10.22099/ijas.2025.52040.1022

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This study, using a descriptive-analytical method and based on the theoretical framework of future studies, deals with "Investigating the relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Taliban after the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2021." The findings of this study indicate possible scenarios in the relations between Iran and the Taliban, such as increasing border tensions with neighbors with the aim of gaining the attention of world powers, not paying attention to the water rights of neighbors, dominating drug transportation routes as the most profitable and immoral trade, not respecting international laws, human rights, women's issues, discrimination against ethnicities, and ignoring Afghan migration are among the most important of these cases. As a result, the Taliban's rise to power and the failure to form an inclusive and responsible government towards the people and the international community are the causes of future concerns for the international community, and the establishment of an inclusive government, responsive to the rights of Afghan tribes, good neighborliness with Iranians, attention to ijtihad jurisprudence, and avoidance of news reporting and hadith-based views are among the desirable scenarios for the future of Afghanistan and its neighbors.

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