Nearly 70,000 Afghans have returned from virus-hit Iran in the past 20 days, an official said Monday, overwhelming health workers at border crossings and raising fears of a major outbreak in the impoverished country. Many Afghans who had gone to Iran to look for work are returning home as the contagion cripples Iran’s economy, which was already devastated by US sanctions. Afghanistan’s spring harvest is also drawing workers back, said the International Organization for Migration.
