Afghan-Iran border clash: Taliban says one killed

The Taliban have in the past clashed with Iranian forces on the border

Afghanistan's Taliban forces have clashed with Iranian border guards on the frontier between the two countries. The Taliban say one their soldiers was killed in Sunday's fighting, which occurred in the border area between Afghanistan's Nimroz province and Iran's Hirmand region.There have been several clashes at the border since Taliban militants took over Afghanistan a year ago."We have one killed and one wounded," Nimroz police spokesman Bahram Haqmal told Reuters news agency.

In Iran's Sistan va Baluchestan province, Hirmand official Maysam Barazandeh was quoted by Fars news agency as saying there had been no casualties on the Iranian side. Iran's Tasnim news agency said the fighting broke out after Taliban forces tried to raise their flag "in an area which is not Afghan territory", leading to an exchange of gunfire lasting "several minutes".Last month Iran's foreign ministry reported the death of an Iranian border guard following another incident in the same area.

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