A group of Afghan migrant workers died last week on the border between Afghanistan and Iran. Survivors claim Iranian border guards beat them and forced them to return to Afghanistan via a nearby river. Some of them subsequently drowned. The deaths have caused a major uproar in Afghanistan. Families of those who died say they want answers. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.
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