At least four Afghan people were killed and another was injured as a result of gunfire by Iranian border security troops, Khaama Press reported, citing officials in southwestern Nimroz province.
Ahmad Vahidi has said that the purpose of the joint team will be to determine Iran's rights and to verify the Taliban's claims regarding water shortage.
More than 180 Afghan prisoners have been transferred to Afghanistan by Iran on Wednesday in Herat province, Khaama Press reported citing a statement released by the Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan.
The Iranian Minister on Wednesday said that peace and security had been restored in the area following the recent incidents that occurred along the Iran-Afghanistan border, According to Tasnim News.
At least two Iranian border guards and one Taliban security force have been killed after clashes between Taliban and Iranian forces at the border crossing point, according to a Taliban spokesperson and Iranian state media on Saturday, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported.
The border-clash incident, which also resulted in several injuries, occurred amid tensions between the two countries over water rights, although the exact cause was not immediately known.
"We stand with women in Iran and Afghanistan who are facing down violence ... The budget I laid out two weeks ago, includes more than three billion dollars, a record amount, to advance general quality globally not just at home," he said, as quoted by TOLO News.
The Taliban authorities of the Refugee and Repatriation Department of Nimruz province has said Iran deported 7,612 Afghan refugees back to their homeland over the last week, the Khaama Press reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Amid soaring prices of vegetables and food products in the country facing devastating floods, 50 trucks carrying vegetables from Iran and Afghanistan arrived in Pakistan through the Taftan and Chaman borders.