On July 31, local time, Iranian border police forces exchanged fire with Afghan Taliban forces in The eastern border area of Iran.
On the same day, When talking about the exchange of fire, Iranian Deputy Minister of the Interior Mir Ahmadi said that the Iranian side has repeatedly stressed to the Afghan side that the border troops should pay attention to geographical and border restrictions to avoid escalation.
Screenshot of Iran's Mehr News Agency
According to the Iranian News Agency and Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported on the 31st, the exchange of fire was located in the border area of Helmand, Iran, and the reason for the outbreak of the conflict may be that the Taliban armed forces tried to raise the Taliban flag in a nearby territory belonging to Iran.
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Iran-Afghanistan border near Helmand Image source: Iranian media iranintl
According to iran's Meher news agency on the 31st, Iran's deputy minister of the interior Mir Ahmedi said on the same day, "According to the report received yesterday (30th), a small number of Afghan border troops in Zahak district did not respect the geographical border and took provocative behavior." ”
"The Islamic Republic of Iran's border guards have resolved the issue and ended it by taking measures to prevent the situation from escalating," he said. Unfortunately, today, in the same area, the Afghan border troops have once again taken provocative action and have begun to open fire on Iranian border guards. ”
Iranian Deputy Minister of the Interior Mir Ahmadi Image source: Iranian Mehr News Agency
Mir-Ahmadi said Iranian border troops responded to shootings on the other side of the border at noon today, and limited skirmishes ended after about an hour under the management and control of Iranian border troops.
He also said that the Iranian side has repeatedly stressed to the Afghan side that the border troops should pay attention to geographical and border restrictions in order to avoid escalation.
In another report on the same day, Iran's Mehr news agency quoted a Taliban security official in Afghanistan's southwestern Province of Nimruz as saying, "At noon today, Taliban forces clashed with the opposite border guards in the area close to the Iranian border, and there was an exchange of fire between the two sides", "In the clashes, one Taliban member was killed, another was injured, and some buildings were reportedly damaged." ”
"Iranian border guards have declared that the area patrolled by Taliban forces is part of Iranian territory and that Taliban forces do not have access to the area," the security official said. ”
The report also mentioned that the Nimruz Information and Culture Administration also said in a statement that when Taliban forces patrolled, Iranian border guards opened fire on them and the armed conflict began. The statement also expressed the hope that such incidents would not recur by taking appropriate measures.
According to reports, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan, said on the evening of the 31st that he considered the establishment of a joint committee to prevent the recurrence of such conflicts.
Hassan Kazemi Kumi, Iran's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Source: Iran's Mehr News Agency
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