Iran-Taliban border clash leaves multiple fatalities.

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Source: Al Jazeera English
Iran-Taliban border clash leaves multiple fatalities.
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Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter have been killed after shooting broke out near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, amid rising tensions between the two countries over water rights. The violence came as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned the Taliban not to violate a 1973 treaty by restricting the flow of water from the Helmand River to Iran’s eastern regions. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have denied the accusation.

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