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US calls for probe into drowning of Afghans

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The US State Department has expressed its concern over reports about Iranian border guards forcing Afghan migrants into a river.

Scores of Afghan citizens trying to sneak into Iran in search of work were allegedly thrown into Harirud River near western Herat province by Iranian guards.

Some 25 men drowned or have been missing in the wake of torture at the hands of the Iranian border police, according to several media outlets. .

In a tweet on Tuesday, US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary . . .

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