Taliban/Iran Border Skirmish | Bellingcat | Page 1

vale valley May 28, 2023, 5:52 AM

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https://apnews.com/article/iran-afghanistan-clash-water-rights-48324a0cdc9158713a39edae7460cd5e

AP NEWS

Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalat...

The Taliban and Iran have exchanged heavy gunfire on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan. The shooting Saturday sharply escalates 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 accusing the Taliban of opening fire first Saturday mor...

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/27/clash-on-iran-afghan-border-kills-at-least-three

At least three killed in shooting at Iran-Afghan border

Several people were reportedly injured in the clash, which came amid tensions between the neighbours over water rights.

vale valley May 28, 2023, 6:57 PM

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https://twitter.com/obretix/status/1662836742204817411

Samir (@obretix)

geolocation of the Iranian border post that was attacked by Taliban in Kang district, Nimroz province https://t.co/hq79qYlvxh https://t.co/CiNEOEcnhH

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vale valley May 28, 2023, 9:28 PM

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So the footage above is from the Dost Muhammad/ Sasoli border post (پاسگاه مرزی دوست محمد/ ساسولی) ..... I've never done a flyby along the Iran/Afghanistan border before.... certainly no shortage of border posts with one every 900-1500m depending on the terrain

vale valley May 28, 2023, 10:09 PM

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It's going to be interesting monitoring China's response to this given their recent engagement with both countries, BRI ties, etc

vale valley May 28, 2023, 10:43 PM

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From April:

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/zxxx_662805/202304/t20230412_11057785.html

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And post February meeting between Raisi & Xi,

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202302/17/WS63eebb6ca31057c47ebaf476.html

China, Iran hail 'historic decision' on relations

China and Iran reiterated that building a close strategic partnership is a historic decision that serves the interests of the whole region, as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up a three-day state visit to China on Thursday.

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And a background to the February visit if you want to flex your Google translate-fu

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/zyxw/202302/t20230216_11025836.shtml

toxic copper May 29, 2023, 1:39 PM

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https://twitter.com/lonelyglitch_/status/1663165360281997315

LonelyGlitch (@LonelyGlitch_)

Dear friends, please stop sending me this schizo account's Tweets in my DMs. Border skirmishes with Taliban are not a new thing and have been very common since they took over Afghanistan.
This trollish account has been publishing nothing but hilarious lies for the past 2 days.

quartz epoch May 29, 2023, 4:07 PM

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I posted that account here yesterday, then deleted after 5 minutes after I realized how insane the user is

toxic copper May 29, 2023, 8:45 PM

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quartz epoch I posted that account here yesterday, then deleted after 5 minutes after I reali...

They are sure as hell crazy, yes.

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