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Iran-Afghanistan border clash: Taliban release video of reaching close to Iranian bases

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Kabul | May 28, 2023 5:38:48 PM IST
The Taliban have released a video claiming that they reached close to an Iranian base in the border area during the border clash between Afghanistan and Iran in Saturday.

The video was tweeted by Tajuden Soroush, who works as a Special International Correspondent for Iran International and Afghanistan International.

"Taliban released this video from today's attack showing that they reached close to an Iranian base in the border area," Tajuden Soroush wrote on Twitter along with the alleged video.

The video shows heavy arms and machinery outside a structure that looks like Iranian property as it also has Iranian National Flag on the top.

At least two Iranian border guards and one Taliban security force have been killed after clashes between Taliban and Iranian forces at the border crossing point, according to a Taliban spokesperson and Iranian state media on Saturday, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported.

The Khaama Press News Agency is an online news service for Afghanistan. The border-clash incident, which also resulted in several injuries, occurred amid tensions between the two countries over water rights, although the exact cause was not immediately known.

A spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry, Abdul Nafi Takor, said: "Today, in Nimroz province, Iranian border forces fired toward Afghanistan, which was met with a counter-reaction. During the battle, one person was killed on each side, and many were injured."

Earlier, the deputy police commissioner in Iran, Qasem Rezaei, said: "Without respecting international laws and good neighbourliness, Taliban forces started shooting at the Sasoli checkpoint... drawing a decisive response," Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

The Taliban claimed that Iranian soldiers started shooting first at the Taliban forces, and they had responded to their shootings.

Taliban defence ministry spokesperson Enayatullah Khowarazmi said: "Unfortunately, today, once again, in the border areas of Kong district of Nimroz province, there was a shooting by Iranian soldiers, and a conflict broke out."

"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan considers dialogue and negotiation reasonable for any problem. Making excuses for war and negative actions is not in the interest of any of the parties," Khowarazmi said, according to Khaama Press.

The border clashes occurred in the Nimroz province of Afghanistan's Makaki region, close to Kang district, near Zabol in Iran's southeastern Sisstan-Balochistan.

Iranian officials last week warned the Taliban to consider Iran's water rights from the Helmand River following the 1973 treaty, while the Taliban authorities abide by the treaty but claim that there is not enough water in the river and Kajaki dam to reach the neighbouring country. (ANI)

 
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