Civilian Dead In Afghan, Iran Clash
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said yesterday.
The incident in the village of Pul-e-Abreshum in Nimroz province happened Saturday after an Iranian patrol entered Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Afghan police dispatched a unit to the village and a gunbattle ensued.
A teacher from the village was killed during the firefight, the provincial police chief, General Ayub Badakhshi, said. Two Iranian officers were wounded, the statement said.
The long and porous border between the two countries is used by smugglers to traffic drugs into Iran. Many Afghans also cross illegally into Iran from the area. Border clashes are common.
Separately, in eastern Kunar province, a rocket attack killed a 15-year old-boy and wounded five other children yesterday, the deputy provincial police chief, Abdul Sabur Allayar, said.
He blamed “the enemies of Afghanistan” for the attack, which killed the children as they collected some grass for their sheep in the provincial capital, Asadabad.
