Iranian border guard killed in clashes with Taliban forces
Police chief calls for firm response to aggression
An Iranian border guard was killed in clashes with Taliban forces on the common border amid high tensions between the two neighbors over water rights from Hirmand River.
The incident happened after Taliban forces opened fire on a border police station in southeastern city of Zabol in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
Iran’s deputy police chief Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei said Taliban forces began shooting at Iran’s Sasoli border police station around 10 a.m., which was faced with a response from Iranian border guards, according to IRNA.
Despite being warned by the Iranian side about the continuation of shooting, the Taliban forces continued to fire at the police station. Chief of the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan has ordered the border forces to decisively defend the country’s borders and not to allow anyone to trespass and approach the borders. He underlined that Iran will decisively respond to any aggression towards its borders. Radan added that the current rulers of Afghanistan must be held accountable for their ill-considered actions that are in violation of international principles.