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Iran To Ease Expulsion Of Illegal Afghan Residents

May 14, 2007

Afghans being deported from Iran in early May (Fars)

Afghans being deported from Iran in early May (Fars)

May 14, 2007 -- Iran has agreed to slow down a drive to expel illegal Afghan residents to their home country.


Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari said President Mahmud Ahmadinejad had agreed to repatriate Afghans in a "gradual and orderly way."


Safari spoke at a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul a day after Iran said it had expelled 85,000 illegal Afghan residents in the past three weeks.


(IRNA, AFP)

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