Getty Images Afghanistan’s Taliban forces have clashed with Iranian boundary guards on the frontier between the two nations.
The Afghan government says 1 its officers was killed in Sunday’s fighting, which happened in the border region between Afghanistan’s Nimroz province and Iran’s Hirmand region.
Every country blamed another for the incident.
There has been several clashes on the border since Taliban militants took over Afghanistan a year ago.
Iran have not recognised the Taliban government in Kabul. The exact circumstances of the latest skirmish are unclear.
“We have one main killed and one wounded, ” Nimroz police spokesman Bahram Haqmal told Reuters news agency.
In Iran’s Sistan va Baluchestan province, Hirmand standard Maysam Barazandeh has been quoted by Fars news agency as saying there have been no casualties for the Iranian side.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency said the fighting broke out after Taliban forces attempted to raise their flag “in an area which is not Afghan territory”, leading to an exchange of gunfire enduring “several minutes”.
“Our forces gave the required response, ” Mister Barazandeh said.
Last month Iran’s foreign ministry documented the death of an Iranian border safeguard following another event in the same area.
