KABUL, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan caretaker government would investigate the alleged killing and injuring of dozens of Afghan nationals by the Iranian border guards, the administration's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Wednesday.
"Afghanistan government would investigate recent media reports regarding the alleged deaths and injuries of Afghan nationals along the Iran-Pakistan border," Mujahid said in a statement posted on his X account.
Quoting a survival of the incident, a private Afghan media outlet the Ariana News reported that up to 270 persons out of 300 Afghans were killed by Iranian border guards in the Kalgan area a couple of days ago. ■