[nopardons]

Well, it's sort of confusing to some....Afghanistan borders Iran on the west, but it is directly north of Pakistan, and Pakistan is NOT part of the the Middle East.

People in the UK call Indians and Pakis "ASIANS" and in a way, they're correct.

[weston]

Yes it can be confusing.
My DIL is from Kyrgyzstan which is north of Afghanistan separated only by little Tajikistan. These are considered Central Asia along with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
And maybe Turkey and some others.