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Adhere to immigration agreement, IEA urges Iran

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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)
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 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has asked Iran to adhere to the immigration agreement signed between the neighbours.

Acting Refugee and Repatriation Affairs Minister Khalil Al Rahman Haqqani issued the call at a meeting with Iranian Ambassador Hassan Kazimi Qomi

The two sides discussed the problems Afghan refugees were facing in Iran, with Haqqani urging the neighbour to follow the bilateral immigration agreement.

A statement from the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation Affairs said Haqqani asked Tehran not to mistreat Afghan refugees and repatriate the bodies of those killed in Iran.

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