UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of Afghans migrating to Iran

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in New York, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United Nations' mission in Afghanistan called on Thursday for an investigation into reports that a large group of Afghan migrants had been shot and killed on the Afghanistan-Iran border.

Afghan media outlets including Tolo News, citing witnesses, said more than 200 Afghan migrants who entered Iran illegally were attacked on Iranian territory, and that dozens had been killed and injured.