Afghanistan and Iran exchange heavy gunfire along the border, sharply escalating rising tensions amid a dispute over water rights
Drought has been a problem in Iran for some 30 years, but has worsened over the past decade. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country's deputy police chief, General Qassem Rezaei, accusing the Afghan government of opening fire first on Saturday morning on the border of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz. The advocacy group Hal Vash quoted residents in the area saying the fighting took place near the Kang district of Nimroz. It said some people in the area had fled the violence.
"The border forces of Iran will decisively respond to any border trespassing and aggression, and the current authorities of Afghanistan must be held accountable for their unmeasured and contrary actions to international principles," IRNA quoted Iran's police chief, General Ahmadreza Radan, as saying.The clash comes as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi earlier this month warned Afghanistan not to violate Iran's water rights to the Helmand River.
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