Iran Border Guards Accused Of Drowning Dozens Of Afghans Refugees

RFE: Afghanistan Probes Reports Of Migrant Drownings By Iranian Border Guards

Afghan officials on May 3 launched an operation to locate and retrieve bodies of migrants from a river in western Herat Province after reports that Iranian border guards had thrown Afghans into the river to prevent their entry into Iran.

In a statement on May 2, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said a probe had been launched into the reports.

It was not immediately clear how many migrants had been involved in the alleged incident, which was denied by the Iranian consulate in the region.

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