INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
After reports of ill-treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran, Ahmad Yasir, deputy head of the office of First Deputy PM Mullah Baradar, said on
Friday that the foreign ministry &summoned& Iranian officials.Afghanistan&s foreign ministry also said that Faizanullah Naseri, head of the
ministry&s Second Political Department, on Thursday met with Iranian officials at the ministry to discuss ill-treatment of Afghan refugees
by Iranian border guards and security forces.During the meeting, the ministry raised the &Afghan government and people&s concern& over the
matter so that the officials share it with their high-level authorities, said Hafiz Zia Ahmad, deputy spokesman of the foreign ministry.The
sides also emphasized the need for the prevention of acts that would undermine relations between the two countries, the ministry official
said.Recently, several videos have been published on social media, purporting to show ill-treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran.The post
Afghanistan summons Iranian officials over ‘ill-treatment of refugees& first appeared on Ariana News.
