MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The forcible deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran is against bilateral agreements and international laws, participants of a gathering in northern Balkh province said on Sunday.
The gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif criticized Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi after he threatened to expel Afghan refugees from the country in retaliation for US sanctions.
Araghchi said Wednesday that if US sanctions bring Iran crude exports to zero, “it is possible that we ask our Afghan brothers and sisters to leave Iran” because hosting them annually costs the equivalent of several . . .
