Afghanistan summons Iranian officials over ‘ill-treatment of refugees’

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.