Taliban staged “showdown” with Turkmen border guards

Taliban have border conflicts with three countries

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There was a skirmish on the border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Taliban say Turkmen border guards killed a civilian.

On the border of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, there was a shootout between the Taliban and border guards, reports Hasht e Subh.

“Three days ago, Turkmen border guards killed one civilian and beat another,” said Khelal Balkhi, acting head of the Taliban’s information and culture department in Jovzjan province.

On January 3, the Taliban clashed with the Turkmen border forces when they went to the border of the Khamab region to check the security situation, he said.

“We returned fire,” Balkhi said, and assured that the Taliban were not harmed.

Previously occurred clashes between Taliban and Iranian and Pakistani forces on the border.

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