Taliban: Iran, Taliban exchange heavy gunfire
DUBAI: 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. Iran's state-run
IRNA news agency
said the Taliban of opening fire first Saturday morning on the border of Iran's
Sistan
and Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz.
The clash comes as Iranian President
Ebrahim Raisi
earlier this month warned the Taliban not to violate Iran's water rights to the
Helmand River
Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 12:58 am