HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Iran deported about 40,000 Afghan refugees into western Herat province via Islam Qala port during the past two and a half months.
Sayed Hazrat Agha, commissar in Islam Qala port, told a press conference that since the beginning of this year, around 40,000 Afghan had crossed the border and entered the country from Iran.
He said currently about 3,000 people daily traveled to Iran legally and about 1,500 Afghans legally returned to their country.
However, he said daily 2,000 to 2,500 people crossed the border into Herat from Iran, mostly forcibly . . .
