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| Afghanistan |
| Iranian border guards shoot Afghan woman |
| 2015-11-23 |
| A nine member Afghan family, reportedly trying to enter Turkey through Iran, said on Sunday that one of the mothers in their group was shot dead by Iranian border police on Saturday in the Iranian city of Oromia. "My sister was killed while we were on our way to Turkey and now her three children are crying for her and no one is hearing our plight. We are extremely mistreated," the family's elder, Mohammad Alif, said. "We are now in the Iranian border city of Oromia. They [Iranian police] intend to seize our passports and deport us by land to Afghanistan," he said. This comes amid a mass exodus of Afghans through Iran to Turkey and on to Europe as they flee war-torn Afghanistan in search of a better life. Three decades of violence in the country has reportedly left more than five million Afghans displaced. Thousands have fled to Europe alone in recent months. Last week, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani said that in the past year 146,000 Afghans have fled to Europe. However, an Afghan youth organization on Sunday launched an awareness campaign aimed at the youth, educating them on the negative consequences of illegal migration. "We launched a campaign to provide awareness to the people not leave the country, because fleeing does not solve the problem," campaign organizer Edris Stanikzai said. Video report at the link |
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