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  • Iran expells 70 000 Afghans

    05/21/2007 5:02:31 PM PDT · by Nachum · 10 replies · 695+ views
    News24.com ^ | 21/05/2007 | staff
    Kabul - More than 70 000 Afghans who were in Iran illegally have been returned in the past month, the United Nations said on Monday, as talks were under way between the neighbours over the controversial deportations. The number of unregistered Afghans being expelled had eased off over the past week, the UN said. The talks in Iran were to focus on how the deportations were carried out and also the treatment of deportees, it said. There have been reports of returnees being separated from their families in the drive to get them out. Tehran has said it wanted one...