Emran Feroz

Emran Feroz is an independent journalist and the founder of Drone Memorial, a virtual memorial for civilian drone strike victims. His work has appeared with The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, The Hindu, Alternet and several other media outlets. He is also a regular contributor to German-language newspapers and magazines. His upcoming book on drone warfare will be released in Germany in the fall.

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A general view shows the Shahid Nasseri refugee camp in Taraz Nahid village near the city of Saveh, some 130 kms southwest of the capital Tehran, on February 8, 2015. Some 5000 Afghan refugees live at the camp which is run by the Iranian Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants' Affairs (BAFIA), the World Food Program (WFP) and UNHCR. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are 950,000 registered Afghan residents in Iran -- some of whom have never even set foot in their homeland -- but interior ministry estimates around three million Afghans living in the Islamic republic. AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran Is Sending Afghan Children To Fight for Assad in Syria

Emran Feroz

- Oct. 25

Afghan refugees in Germany told The Intercept how they fled their adopted home of Iran to avoid being sent to Syria to fight and die for Bashar al-Assad.

Smoke rises after an air strike by US aircraft on positions during an ongoing an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in Kot district of Nangarhar province on February 16, 2017. Afghan National Army (ANA) and international air forces have launched a joint military operation against Islamic State (IS) militants, after houses of locals were torches and several people were killed by IS fighters in the area, so far in the operation at least 52 armed insurgents have been killed and 18 others wounded, security force officials said. / AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA (Photo credit should read NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP/Getty Images)

Fearful Villagers See the U.S. Using Afghanistan as a “Playground for Their Weapons"

Emran Feroz

- Aug. 15

In the hard-to-access district of Khogyani, locals describe living with the fear of U.S. drones and say that civilian deaths drive people to join the insurgency.

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Iran Is Sending Afghan Children To Fight for Assad in Syria

Fearful Villagers See the U.S. Using Afghanistan as a “Playground for Their Weapons"