Moscow, May 28 – Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari, Commander of the Ground Forces (F) of the Iranian Armed Forces, said on Sunday, during his visit to Sistan and Baluchestan, that the Iranian-Afghan border is under the control of the land and border forces of the Islamic Republic. Province bordering Afghanistan.
“The border with Afghanistan is under the full control of the ground forces… The security of the border is fully guaranteed… As long as the other country, which shares a common border with us, respects the rules, it will witness mutual respect,” Tasnim quoted Heidari as saying. If he wants to obey him, he will be treated differently.”
Earlier, media reported clashes between Iranian border guards and Taliban forces* in Nimruz province, southwestern Afghanistan. According to the Tasnim agency, Iranian border guard Muhammad Mehdi Ahmadi, who served in the Zabul border regiment, was killed during the clashes. The Taliban forces *, according to Tasnim’s report, also suffered losses, but their size is not specified.
* Subject to UN sanctions due to terrorist activities.
An Iranian border guard was killed in a clash with the Taliban *
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