Tehran says it is ‘unhappy’ about IEA taking news of killing of Afghans at border seriously
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that Tehran is “surprised and unhappy” that “some officials” of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) took reports of Afghan migrants being killed by Iranian border guards seriously.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Ismail Beqaei, emphasized that the reports were baseless.
“The Afghan authorities issued a statement on this matter. We were surprised and displeased that a non-existent matter was reported and some officials of Afghanistan took this baseless news seriously. I hope we all learn from this issue to be more careful about any news published in the media,” Beqaei said.
A human rights organization reported that dozens of Afghan migrants were killed and wounded by Iranian border forces about three weeks ago.
The Islamic Emirate said last week that explosions and gunfire targeted Afghan nationals in the Kalgan Valley, situated in Iranian territory, adding that the bodies of two deceased people and 34 injured have been repatriated.
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IEA rejects Pakistan’s allegations linking Afghanistan to insecurity
Hamdullah Fitrat, Deputy Spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has strongly rejected the repeated allegations by Pakistani officials that Afghanistan is involved in insecurity in Pakistan, saying that creating or supporting insecurity in Pakistan is not in Afghanistan’s interests.
In a statement published on his account, Fitrat said that whenever Pakistani officials are unable to ensure security in their own country, they blame Afghanistan for incidents in an attempt to mislead public opinion.
According to Fitrat, Afghanistan neither has the necessary means to create insecurity in other countries nor would it benefit from such actions, as insecurity in Pakistan also harms Afghanistan economically, socially and in humanitarian terms.
The deputy spokesperson added that instead of focusing on their own security responsibilities, Pakistani officials wrongly blame Afghanistan and spend resources on plans aimed at destabilizing the country.
Fitrat described this approach as a way of evading core responsibilities, destabilizing the region and wasting economic resources. He further said that this misguided stance has distracted Pakistan’s security forces from their primary duties.
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