- Clashes broke out after Taliban tried to raise their flag “in an area which is not Afghan territory”.
- People living near the border on the Afghan side fled their homes to take cover when clashes intensified.
- Since taking over Afghanistan a year ago, Taliban forces have frequently clashed with security forces of Iran.
An Afghan police officer said that one person has died as a result of clashes; between Taliban troops and Iranian border guards on Sunday.
According to Bahram Haqmal, the police spokeswoman for the Nimroze province in southern Afghanistan; “We have one slain and one wounded; the cause of the confrontation is not yet apparent.”
The semi-official news outlet Fars cited Maysam Barazandeh, the governor of the Iranian border region of Hirmand; as claiming that the fighting had ceased and no one had been hurt.
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Conflicts erupted, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, when Taliban soldiers attempted to fly; their flag “in an area which is not Afghan property.”
Local sources told Reuters that when the fighting heated up, residents on the Afghan side; of the border left their houses in search of safety.
Since assuming control of Afghanistan a year ago, Taliban troops have repeatedly engaged in combat; with the security forces of Pakistan and Iran, two nations that border Afghanistan to the east and west, respectively.
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