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Iran exchanges heavy gunfire with Taliban on Afghan border, escalating tensions over water rights
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic's border with...
Water wars: Afghanistan and Iran’s deadly border flare-up spotlights scarcity crisis
NBC Universal via AOL· 12 months agoIran and Afghanistan are going head to head over control of the supply of a crucial resource that’s...
Watch: Afghan farmers catapult opium across border to beat Taliban crackdown
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoOpium smugglers use a catapult to launch the drugs across the border from Afghanistan into Iran...
Displaced, repatriated and crossing borders: Afghan people make grueling journeys to survive
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe barren desert plain among the mountains of eastern Afghanistan is filled with hundreds of...
At least three killed in clash on Iran-Afghan border
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed after shooting broke out near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman and Iran's state media said on Saturday ...
Iran says border guards have clashed with Afghan Taliban
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIranian border guards clashed Sunday with the Afghan Taliban, Iranian media reported, the latest cross-border exchange since the former insurgents seized power in neighboring Afghanistan a year ...
Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the...
Pakistan and Iran vow to enhance efforts at a 'united front' against Afghanistan-based militants
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNeighbors Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to enhance efforts at a “united front” against...
Taliban govt harbours big dreams for Afghan rail
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOn the edge of the Afghan border with Uzbekistan, where the railway abruptly stops, throngs of young men transfer sacks of wheat or flour from freight...
Iran warns Afghanistan's Taliban rulers not to violate its water rights, over Helmand River
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIran’s president warned Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Thursday not to violate water rights of the...