Afghanistan: Iran and Taliban forces clash, 1 Afghan border officer killed

KABUL, 01 August 2022, (TON): Border guards from Iran and Taliban forces in Afghanistan clashed Sunday, with the Taliban confirming one death and another border official wounded.

Both Teheran and the Taliban blamed each other for opening fire first.

Meisam Barazandeh, the governor of Iran's eastern county of Hirmand, was quoted by the Fars news agency as saying that the conflict was brief and has ended.

The Iranian state-run Fars news agency reported the clashes occurred on the Iranian side of the border, in the Shaghalak area of Hirmand country, in the southeastern part of Sistan-Baluchestan province.

Barazandeh said "our forces gave the necessary response," and noted “there were no casualties on the Iranian side.”

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