Afghanistan’s Taliban forces clash with Iranian Border Guards on frontier between two countries

Afghanistan’s Taliban forces clashed with Iranian Border Guards on the frontier between the two countries yesterday. The Taliban have claimed that one of their fighter was killed in the fighting, which occurred in the border area between Afghanistan’s Nimroz province and Iran’s Hirmand region.

However, Iranian news agency Fars, Quoting the Hirmand’s Governor Maysam Barazandeh reported that the clashes had stopped and there were no casualties. The exact circumstances of the latest skirmish are unclear, however, each country blamed the other for the incident.

Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports that clashes broke out after Taliban forces tried to raise their flag in an area which is not Afghan territory.

According to local media reports, since taking over Afghanistan a year ago, Taliban forces have frequently clashed with security forces of Iran, which neighbours the country to the west.

Last month, Iran’s Foreign Ministry reported the death of an Iranian Border Guard following another incident in the same area.