Iran deporting Afghan refugees

Iran is deporting 4 million Afghan refugees in a hurry. Many are single women, who under Afghanistan's repressive laws can't even leave the border post.

With their prospects, death is an escape. Why, I wonder, do they obligingly walk to the border post, when they could instead drop on the ground and say, defiantly, "You can carry me or you can kill me"?

There may be other opportunities to fight their guards, for those who would rather die fast than be driven to death or slavery.

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