Border Skirmish Not Based on Policies & Will of Taliban, Says Iranian Envoy in Kabul
Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's ambassador in Kabul, said that border skirmishes between Iran and the Taliban are not caused by the policies and will of the group.
Despite several border clashes, Qomi said that the two sides have not had an acute border conflict in the past two years.
This is even though after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, the group’s border forces have clashed with Iranian border guards several times.
At the same time, Qomi said that Iranian experts had visited the Helmand River, and Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan, to address the water rights issues.
Fars news agency quoted the Iranian ambassador as saying, “This is the first time that Iranian experts visited the Deh Rawood water measurement station."
Kazemi Qomi added that according to the 1973 treaty, the Iranian side can question and verify the claim of the other party regarding the lack of water in Helmand River.
