HEART (Pajhwok): More than 225,000 Afghans have been voluntarily or forcefully repatriated from Iran in the past nine months through Islam Qala crossing into Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday
Javed Naadem, head of the Refugees and Repatriation Department in western Herat province, said a number of Afghans have returned to the country due to the deteriorated economic situation in the neighbouring country.
He said there was 100 percent increase in the repatriation of Afghans from Iran as in the nine months of last year 122 . . .
