PRACTICES AND IMPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICIES: AN OVERVIEW OF AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN RELATIONS FROM 1971 TO 2021

The purpose of this study is to find out how the relations between Afghanistan and Iran have been after the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Through this article, I have first examined the relations between Iran and Afghanistan at the time of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, at which time Iran did not have friendly relations with the Russian puppet communist government due to greater convergence with the Afghan Mujahideen. Then, I investigated the relations between Afghanistan and Iran during the Mujahideen government and the Taliban Emirate, due to the civil war in the country and the Taliban's dominance over Afghanistan, during which period, the Islamic Republic of Iran tried to maintain its relations with the Mujahideen government despite the Taliban's dominance over Afghanistan. Recently, Afghanistan's relations with Iran have improved after the fall of the Taliban, the presence of foreign forces, and the establishment of democracy in Afghanistan. It was examined here that during this period, Iran's policy towards Afghanistan has had ups and downs, which have briefly been explained in each section.