Friday, February 10, 2012
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- Imran says will shoot down drones if comes to power
- 25 killed, 175 injured in Syria blasts
- Aqib Javed resigns as bowling coach
- NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
- 11 militants killed, 19 injured in Orakzai operation
- Mansoor Ijaz to record statement via videolink on Feb 22
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
Kabul protests to Tehran
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan protested on Tuesday against what it said was the killing of five of its nationals by Iranian border forces.
Host to millions of Afghan refugees for decades, Iran is also a key transit route for Afghanistans opium and heroin trade.
The incident happened on Monday when a group of seven Afghans were trying to enter Iran, an Afghan Foreign Ministry official said, adding all were teenage males.
Five Afghans were killed in firing by Irans frontier forces and the other two were wounded, the Ministry said in a statement, adding it was demanding an explanation for the incident.
Iran in recent years has clamped down on cross border movement of Afghans who travel to its soil without proper documents, amid some killings of people it has called drug smugglers.
Host to millions of Afghan refugees for decades, Iran is also a key transit route for Afghanistans opium and heroin trade.
The incident happened on Monday when a group of seven Afghans were trying to enter Iran, an Afghan Foreign Ministry official said, adding all were teenage males.
Five Afghans were killed in firing by Irans frontier forces and the other two were wounded, the Ministry said in a statement, adding it was demanding an explanation for the incident.
Iran in recent years has clamped down on cross border movement of Afghans who travel to its soil without proper documents, amid some killings of people it has called drug smugglers.
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