![]() ![]() IRNA said the Milak border crossing with Afghanistan, a major trade route, was closed until further notice over the gunfight.ĭrought has been a problem in Iran for some 30 years, but has worsened over the past decade, according to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization. The semiofficial, English-language newspaper Tehran Times said the fighting killed three Iranian border guards. IRNA, quoting Iranian police, said two border guards had been killed. He described the situation as now being under control. Takor said the firefight killed two people, one from each country, and wounded others. IRNA said Iran inflicted “heavy casualties and serious damage.”įrom the Taliban’s view, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor accused Iran of shooting first. ![]() Qassem Rezaei, accusing the Taliban of opening fire first Saturday morning on the border of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country’s deputy police chief, Gen. ![]() DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights. ![]()
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