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Nearly 2,500 Afghans return from Iran in 2 days

Ali Mohammad

In This Feb. 20, 2019 photo, Afghans return to Afghanistan at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in the western Herat Province. Security officials worry that Iranian-backed Afghan veterans of the war in Syria will one day become a secret army for Tehran in Afghanistan itself, particularly after a U.S. withdrawal. Iran paid, trained and armed thousands of Afghan Shiites to fight in Syria to defend its ally, President Bashar Assad. Returning home as Syria’s war winds down, they face suspicion and fear. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says nearly 2,500 Afghan refugees returned from neighboring Iran during the past two days.

The ministry tweeted that these refugees returned to the country via Islam Qala port in western Herat province and Pul-i-Abresham in Nimroz province.

It added that 261 of the returnees were introduced to the International Organization for Migration for assistance.

More than 3000 Afghan refugees returned to the country from Iran on February 13 and 14.

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