NOURNEWS- Mohsen Baharvand, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs who arrived in Kabul on Tuesday with a delegation to investigate the incident on May 4 on the border between Iran and Afghanistan, met with Abdullah Abdullah.
Abdullah stressed the good neighborliness between Iran and Afghanistan, saying that his country wants a serious and fair investigation into the human tragedy.
Condemning the incident, Baharvand also stressed the importance of good relations between the two countries and serious cooperation with the investigation team.
A number of illegal Afghan migrants were killed and others disappeared on the Iranian-Afghan border on May 2, claiming that Iranian border guards had forced them to cross the Harirod River.
But Iran has strongly denied the allegations, saying the incident took place on Afghan soil.
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