(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Iran agreed to extend temporary visas for 450,000
Afghan refugees who were due to be sent back home, an Afghan Foreign
Ministry official said Saturday, dpa reported.
The six-month extension was approved after Deputy Chief Executive
Mohammad Mohaqiq visited Iran this week, Foreign Ministry spokesman
Serajuddin Seraj said.
Afghanistan has been struggling for decades to manage millions of
refugees who have been uprooted by the country's conflicts. Hundreds
of thousands of additional Afghans have recently become internally
displaced because of ongoing fighting, according to the United
Nations.
About 1 million Afghans have been living in Iran for decades with
legal documents on top of more than half a million without documents.
Iran earlier had threatened to expel those living there illegally.
Another 2 million Afghans live in Pakistan.
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