Taliban units storm the border with Iran

Clashes on the Iran-Afghan border have been observed for decades. However, after the Taliban * came to power in Afghanistan, they became systematic. Gradually, the number of border incidents increased and they became larger and more bloody.

The next round of confrontation is associated with unresolved disputes around the water supply of border areas, and also has an ethnic and corporate component, and is related to the drug trade. In fact, someone is skillfully pushing the region to start a full-scale war between countries. At the same time, the Taliban also have huge claims to neighboring Pakistan, which relate to the Tribal Zone. The departure of the Americans from Afghanistan simply threw out long-standing problems and negativity.



One of the Taliban leaders, Abdulhamid Khorasani, threatened Iran in his video message. He said that if necessary, the Taliban would start military operations against Iran. Khorasani accused Iran of colluding with the West and said that the Iranians should not test the strength of the Taliban.


- he said.

After that, sources associated with the Taliban began to call on all Muslims to support them against Iran, and the Taliban forces began to storm the Iranian border between the province of Sistan and Balochistan (Iran) and Nimroz (Afghanistan).

In turn, Iranian sources and the media confirmed the information about the battles on the border with the use of artillery and the assault on three border posts (there are dead and wounded). Currently, both sides accuse each other of being aggressive and starting the conflict first.



On the one hand, Kabul does not need complications with either Tehran or Islamabad now. But in both Iran and nuclear-armed Pakistan, there are huge public political, economic, ethnic and social faults. Therefore, the temptation is great and the Taliban may try to expand their "emirate".

On the other hand, the Taliban really need to legitimize their power not only inside Afghanistan, but also in the eyes of the world community, and what is happening on the border is very harmful to this. There are many interested players in the world (Great Britain, Israel, USA, Turkey, Saudi Arabia) who would like to prevent the integration of Afghanistan into the international system of relations, leaving it on the outskirts of civilization, controlling the production of heroin and the useful resources stored in its bowels. Therefore, prolonging the confrontation with Iran, not to mention Pakistan, will harm Afghanistan in communication with Russia and China, and will also make it impossible to lift various restrictions from the UN, because it was this world structure that recognized the Taliban as a terrorist organization.

Most likely, the border aggravation will not develop into a full-scale war between countries. The governments of these states are not interested in this, since there are no serious benefits for them, and the risks are high, which cannot be said about the elites that control the adjacent provinces. These guys are always ready to "make some noise" to get more privileges. In addition, the Taliban is not a monolithic structure, but many factions, often competing. Therefore, a statement, even loud, by one, even a very prominent functionary, also does not indicate the beginning of the war.

* – terrorist organization banned in Russia.