Helmand River Treaty

Border Clashes and Water Disputes Complicate Taliban-Iran Relations

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A Compulsive Embrace Beneath the Afghanistan-Iran Water Conflict

Advertisement Iran and Afghanistan exchanged heavy gunfire on May 27, killing two Iranian border guards as well as one Taliban solider, and wounding several others. Qassem Rezaei, the deputy commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces (LEF), accused the Taliban forces of starting the conflict by shooting at the Iranian side. In an interview with Islamic … Read more

A Compulsive Embrace Beneath the Afghanistan-Iran Water Conflict

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A Compulsive Embrace Beneath the Afghanistan-Iran Water Conflict

Advertisement Iranian border guards and Taliban fighters opened fire on one another, killing three, near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan in southwestern Nimroz province on May 27. Although it is unclear what led to the incident, relations between the two countries have soured in recent months over conflicting claims to the water of … Read more