Driven Out Of Iran, Afghan Refugees Tell Of Ordeal

An Afghan refugee sits with his children after their deportation from Iran, at a registration centre near the Afghanistan-Iran border in the Islam Qala district of Herat province (Credit: AFP)

At the border with Iran, streams of Afghan refugees return with children in their arms, their entire worldly possessions contained in a large bag.

Every day up to 3,000 Afghans -- some who were born in Iran -- arrive back in their home country after a failed attempt at a better life.