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Armed clashes occur between Iranian, Afghan border guards

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Last updated: 2023/05/27 at 6:46 PM
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Armed clashes occur between Iranian, Afghan border guards
In this picture taken on October 19, 2021 a Taliban fighter stands guard at the Islam Qala border between Iran and Afghanistan. - Iran is sending tens of thousands of Afghan migrants back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan every week despite the threat of famine, aid agencies and witnesses say, with many Afghans alleging they have been mistreated by Iranian authorities. - TO GO WITH Afghanistan-Iran-migrants,FOCUS by Elise BLANCHARD with Nina LARSON (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) / TO GO WITH Afghanistan-Iran-migrants,FOCUS by Elise BLANCHARD with Nina LARSON (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Armed clashes erupted on Saturday between Iranian and Afghan border guards on the common border, the Semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

   The clashes occurred on the border between Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province and Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimruz Province, the report said.

   According to Tasnim, the two sides used “light and semi-light weapons and artillery” against each other, but no missile has been employed by the Iranian side despite the “false” reports claiming that.

   No casualties have been announced yet.

   The report added the reason for the skirmish, which has already ended, is not known yet and the Iranian Embassy in Kabul and Afghanistan’s Taliban-run acting Ministry of National Defense have started correspondence and phone calls to investigate the cause of the tension.

   In addition, officials of the Iranian and Taliban border guards have held a meeting to discuss the issue and determine its cause, it said.

   According to Tasnim, reports claiming that Iranian forces have targeted Zaranj Airport in Nimruz province are “false” and the clashes have occurred only in the areas around the Iranian Sasuli and Hatam villages and Makaki region in Afghanistan’s Kang District.

   According to the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA), following the eruption of the conflict, Iranian border guards closed Abrisham (Silk) Bridge above the Hirmand River connecting the two countries.

   The clashes come as tensions between the two neighbours have escalated during the past weeks over Iran’s “unpaid” water share from the Hirmand River, known as Helmand in Afghanistan, under a 1973 treaty between Tehran and Kabul that entitles the former to receive 820 million cubic meters of water from the river per year.

   In remarks on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that his country does not recognize Afghanistan’s caretaker Taliban government and insists upon the formation of an inclusive government in the country, according to ISNA.

   The Taliban government also issued a statement last week, saying Iran’s frequent requests for water and “inappropriate” comments on media are “harmful,” adding it is committed to the 1973 treaty.  

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