Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Outcry In Kabul Over Afghans On Death Row In Iran

Afghan refugees in Tehran line up to vote in their country's elections. Some 1.5 million Afghan refugees are in Iran; more than 5,000 are thought to be in Iranian prisons.

Just how many, however, was never known until recently, when a delegation of Afghan lawmakers returned from Iran with news that thousands of Afghans are imprisoned there -- more than half of them on death row. Outcry In Kabul Over Afghans On Death Row In Iran

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