Iran's border security forces allegedly massacre 'dozens' of Afghan migrants

ISLAMABAD — 

Taliban authorities are looking into allegations that dozens of Afghan civilians were killed and injured by Iranian borderline forces portion trying to participate that state from Pakistan illegally.

Hamdullah Fitrat, the lawman Taliban spokesperson successful Kabul, said Wednesday that "various governmental bodies" and Afghan diplomatic missions person initiated "comprehensive investigations" to verify the reported casualties.

“As the incidental is reported to person occurred beyond Afghanistan’s borders, the disposable accusation remains unverified,” Fitrat noted successful his English-language connection posted connected societal media level X. He added that a “conclusive decision” would beryllium made aft a “thorough clarification of the facts.”

The Taliban probe was announced aft an Iranian rights group, known arsenic Halvash, initially reported the alleged Afghan casualties, saying they occurred Sunday successful Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan borderline province.

The enactment quoted survivors arsenic saying that astir 300 Afghan migrants were attempting to participate Iran unlawfully erstwhile they were assaulted by Iranian borderline guards, resulting successful deaths and injuries.

“As of now, reliable sources corroborate that the quality astir the deaths of dozens of amerciable citizens astatine the Saravan borderline is not true," Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s peculiar statesmanlike envoy for and ambassador to Kabul, said successful a Persian connection connection connected X.

He referred to an Iranian portion adjacent to Washuk, a borderline territory successful Pakistan’s southwestern sparsely populated Baluchistan province.

Qomi emphasized, however, that responding “legally” to the “illegal introduction of unauthorized nationals” was “the morganatic close of countries, and the borderline guards of immoderate state are obliged to forestall the introduction of amerciable nationals.”

The Iranian envoy wrote that “managing borderline postulation is simply a shared responsibility, and neighboring countries indispensable forestall unauthorized” crossings successful enactment with their planetary borderline information obligations. Qomi reiterated that Tehran is determined to instrumentality undocumented asylum-seekers and woody sternly with amerciable borderline crossers.

“I'm earnestly acrophobic astir reports of injuries & deaths of Afghans successful Iran's #Saravan borderline country and I telephone for authorities to analyse transparently,” Richard Bennett, the United Nations peculiar rapporteur connected the quality rights concern successful Afghanistan, said connected X. “Clarity is urgently needed. These reports don't basal successful isolation. More dignity & information is needed for Afghans worldwide,” Bennett wrote.

Residents successful the Pakistani borderline territory of Washuk besides reported the alleged Iranian battle connected Afghan migrants, but they could not supply circumstantial casualty details, citing the remoteness of the borderline area.

Pakistani provincial authorities did not instantly remark connected the alleged incident.

Iran and Pakistan unneurotic big millions of documented and undocumented Afghan refugees. Both countries person deported hundreds of thousands of undocumented individuals backmost to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized powerfulness 3 years ago.

According to the International Organization for Migration, the deportations proceed daily, and astir 100,000 Afghans returned location from Pakistan and Iran successful September alone.