Iranian officers stated that the Afghan militants opened fireplace first, killing two border guards
Taliban forces opened fireplace on Iranian border guards on Saturday, killing not less than two, Iranian state media reported. Whereas the state of affairs is now reportedly below management, unverified video footage purportedly exhibits Taliban fighters transferring weapons to the border.
The incident came about on the border of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz. Taliban militants opened fireplace first, killing not less than two Iranian guards, Iran’s IRNA information company reported, citing police sources.
The Iranians responded in variety, inflicting “heavy casualties and severe injury,” IRNA said.
Taliban officers stated that the Iranian guards fired first, and that one particular person on either side was killed, whereas others have been wounded.
The dispute is outwardly centered round water rights, with each side claiming entry to the Helmand River. Whereas a 1973 treaty ensures Iran and Afghanistan equal entry to the river, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has claimed that Taliban gunmen are stopping Iranian scientists from monitoring water ranges, and warned earlier this month that Tehran wouldn’t “permit the rights of our individuals to be violated.”
Unverified video footage shared on social media purportedly exhibits Taliban troops utilizing American weapons to assault an Iranian border submit. Separate footage exhibits what seem like convoys of heavy weapons being towed to the scene of the clashes.
Taliban : heavy weaponry being transferred to the Afghanistan and Iran border 🇮🇷 🇦🇫 pic.twitter.com/wJ9e0HzCp3
— 🇷🇺 Эсса Али 🆉 Essa Ali 🇦🇪 (@ESSA_A1I) May 27, 2023
Nevertheless, Sistan and Baluchistan deputy safety chief Alireza Marhamati informed IRNA that the border was “calm” as of Saturday night, and that officers on each side have been holding talks to de-escalate the state of affairs.
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