Five members of an Afghan family died of thirst and hunger while crossing remote areas in mid-September.

Five members of an Afghan family died of thirst and hunger while crossing remote areas in mid-September.

🔸 The Halush human rights website published videos of the stages of preparing their graves in a remote border area, but Radio Farda cannot independently confirm the authenticity of these photos.

Nizam Matkal, the brother of these girls, who lives in Iran, said that the ages of his sisters were 6, 8, 14 and 15 years old, and the age of his stepmother was 45 years old.

According to Khalosh, the Takkhil's sisters and stepmother were among at least 17 Afghan nationals who died recently in Maksukta Sarawan area while crossing the infiltration route from Pakistan.

Undocumented Afghan migrants often rely on smugglers to cross remote desert and mountain routes where there is no water or shelter.

The UN estimates that more than 4.5 million Afghans live in Iran, and about 1.5 million of them are there without legal documents.