### [2023-05-27](/feed/2023/05/27/index.md)

##### Afghanistan–Iran relations
# Two Iranian border guards and a Taliban member are killed during a sbootout along the Afghanistan–Iran border. 

Two 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.


### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/two-killed-clash-iran-afghan-border-taliban-official-says-2023-05-27/)

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