Posted on 05/27/2023 1:53:08 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights The Taliban and Iran have exchanged heavy gunfire on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan
ByJON GAMBRELL Associated Press May 27, 2023, 5:58 AM
Afghanistan This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo) The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights.
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country's deputy police chief, Gen. Qassem Rezaei, accusing the Taliban of opening fire first Saturday morning on the border of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz. IRNA said Iran inflicted “heavy casualties and serious damage."
From the Taliban's view, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor accused Iran of shooting first. Takor said the firefight killed two people, one from each country, and wounded others. He described the situation as now being under control.
IRNA, quoting Iranian police, said two border guards had been killed. However, that number may be higher. The semiofficial, English-language newspaper Tehran Times said the fighting killed three Iranian border guards. IRNA said the Milak border crossing with Afghanistan, a major trade route, was closed until further notice over the gunfight.
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Yes!!!
Which team do I root for?
Well now , looks like some of that American loot left behind is being put to good use.
The same dilemma we had in the 1980s for the Iran Iraq war.
Well..the war cheerleaders on here will have to support the Tallyban right? Since Iran supports Russia.
Biden’s rooting for the side he armed for free.
Who do you root for in that fight?
Both !!!!
Well, I hope they hit what they’re shooting at.
And as we watched the two sides send wave after wave of soldiers killing each other by the thousands it escalated until they were both decimated. Good people were left alive as the spectacle took place, safe and secure.
Ain’t it awful? 🤭😁
I’m waiting for the warmongers here on FR to tell me who JoeBiden should send $100Billion, Abrams tanks, and F-15s to.
Islam- The religion of peace. Are these people ever at peace?
No one has convinced me that segregation groups isn’t nearly always a deterrent to war.
The breakup of the Yugoslavian State in 1992 causing Bosnia and the others to return to war after a long dormancy. North and South Korea. North and South Vietnam. Current wars in Sudan and Nigeria. Formerly period Irish Catholic v. Protestant killings.
And this list of civil wars when two sides were not kept apart:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_wars
segregation OF groups. Sorry.
The Taliban probably has more military equipment.
This is what Reagan did so brilliantly in 5he Iran- Iraq War.
Arm the Taliban and have them fight Iran!
Genius!...../S/
A man, Iran, Taliban
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