Haalvsh Reports Clashes Between Taliban & Islamic Republic Border Guards

Haalvsh News Agency reported that Taliban and Islamic Republic border guards clashed on Wednesday morning at the zero point of the border in Helmand city.

According to the report, the clash began after Iranian border guards opened fire on Baloch fuel truckers on the border, killing one person.

At the same time, Haalvsh, which covers the news of Sistan and Baluchistan, has published pictures and videos in which the sound of gunfire can be heard in succession.

The clash between the Taliban and the Islamic Republic's border guards began after "the forces of the Border Guard Regiment of Burjak 4 of the Sasoli village outpost in Helmand city" opened fire on a number of Baloch fuel truckers, the news agency said.

According to the report, 26-year-old Naeem Rigi, a resident of the village of Khatam Ghaljaei Sasoli, was killed.

Official sources of the Taliban and the Islamic Republic have not yet commented on the clashes.

In over three years, since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the group's border guards have clashed with the Islamic Republic's border guards several times.