'Beaten for 16 days': Deported Afghans describe brutal treatment by Iran - yet are desperate to return

George Mihalcea

It's dusty, sweltering, crowded. Waves of people start to arrive. Some have suitcases. Many, just the clothes on their backs. There are some walking alone, others in groups or with their families. Nearly all look exhausted, bewildered, worried. Image: People cross the border with their belongings We're at Islam Qala in Afghanistan , on the border with Iran . The people we're seeing crossing over are some of the 1.3 million Afghans who Iran has deported this year. Many left their homeland for

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