Brigadier General Qasem Rezaei, deputy commander of the national police, expressed grave concern over the unprovoked attack Saturday on the Sasuli outpost, which is controlled by the border regiment in Iran's Zabol county near the Afghan frontier.
The Taliban forces initiated the assault in contravention of “international law and principles of good neighborliness”, and were met with “a decisive and courageous counteraction from the border guards” of the Islamic Republic, the commander said.
Iranian border guards issued necessary warnings after the initial gunfire from the Taliban, but “unfortunately the gunfire resumed hours ago and clashes are ongoing,” he added.
Following the border skirmishes, Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan, chief commander of the national police, issued a directive to the border guards, asking them to “defend the borders bravely and decisively and not allow any trespassing or encroachment.”
Later, the information center of Border Guard command in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan revealed more details about the border clashes.
It said the Iranian border guards had engaged with “unidentified armed individuals who intended to enter the Islamic Republic of Iran” at the Zabol border.
The Iranian border guards inflicted significant damage and casualties on the armed individuals through their heavy fire superiority, the statement added.
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