[Tolo News] Two alleged Afghan drug smugglers have spoken out in a video recording of how they were reportedly detained in an Iranian prison for a year on drug charges before being sent by that government to Syria to fight for Bashir al-Assad's ruling government.In video footage sent to TOLOnews, one of the men, who is still detained in Syria, and whose name was not revealed, said: "The liar Iran sent us to the Syrian war by force. We are fine now and if any one watches this video on TV please pray for us. We are in Syria in the custody of Jaish Alhr brothers."
"Iran police tossed in the calaboose
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
us for drug smuggling and we were in prison for one year. After a year they sent us to Syria and now we are in jug of Jaish Alhr," said the other detainee.
Iran has denied sending Afghans to fight in the Syrian and Iraqi war but there is still reportedly a network of recruitment centers. Statistics show that so far at least 700 Afghans have been killed in four years in the Syrian war. However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
there are no official details on how many Afghans are in the country.
Afghan analysts believe that human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal
liberty...
institutions and the Afghan government must investigate reports of alleged recruitment of Afghans by Iran for Syria.
"According to international law, Iran must ensure immigrants rights in the country and with Iran sending Afghans to war, it is clearly a violation of the law," said Miagul Khalid an Afghan military analyst.