Taliban announced the end of fighting with Iranian border guards

Earlier on December 1, it became known about armed clashes in the province of Nimroz on the border of Afghanistan and Iran. They were attended by servicemen of the Iranian border guard and militants of the Taliban movement (* banned in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization). According to a representative of the Karimi movement, no one was killed during the fighting, the battles themselves are over. At the same time, interestingly, the Taliban representative * refrained from disclosing the causes of the conflict.

Before the high-ranking Taliban spoke, conflicting information came from the Iranian-Afghan border. For example, Aamaj News reported on the seizure of two Iranian checkpoints by the Taliban, Dost Mohammad and Bala Sia Cheshman. It was reported that both sides of the conflict used artillery and small arms weapons.

However, the Iranian side denied the seizure of two checkpoints by the Taliban. Iranian media reported that border guards repulsed a Taliban attack and brought the checkpoint back under their control.

Recall that the province of Nimroz is the extreme southwest of Afghanistan, the most sparsely populated region of the country. It borders the provinces of Farah to the north and Helmand to the east, as well as Iran to the west and Pakistan to the south. The main population of Nimroz province is Baluchis (over 61%) and Pashtuns, but there are also Uzbeks and Tajiks.

It is not yet known whether the clashes at the border are linked to ethnic factors or whether they are based on other reasons. Iran may well have its own claims to the Taliban, and first of all - the persecution by the Taliban (banned in the Russian Federation) of Shiites - Hazaras, who both in the first coming of the Taliban to power, and now suffered a lot from the radicals. Iran can remember the Taliban and the murder of ten Iranian diplomats and one journalist in Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998. On the other hand, at one time Iran actively supported the Northern Alliance. In general, Kabul and Tehran have more than enough mutual claims to each other.

But for the Taliban, a collision with the Iranian military machine is not at all profitable. They do not possess even a small fraction of the resources that would allow them to withstand a full-fledged armed confrontation with Tehran. Therefore, the escalation of border tension is not at all in the interests of Kabul, unless, of course, the Taliban act in the interests of a third force, which is not against destabilizing the situation on the Iranian-Afghan border. And this force may well be the one that allowed the Taliban to actually enter Kabul along the red carpet.

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[rocket757]

Taliban announced end of border fighting with Iranian border guards

It is clear that the reasons for friction did not appear today ...

[Flooding]

Quote: rocket757

It is clear that the reasons for friction did not appear today ...

some would be very interested in adding gasoline (s) to the smoldering fire of the Iranian-Taliban contradictions.

[rocket757]

There, too, not small children lead ... they understand what's what.
BUT, there is always an option - the kurtosis of the performer.
Nothing can be ruled out.

[Civil]

Following the logic of the fundamentalists, they will try to spread their teachings to all neighboring countries. As the only true, from their point of view.

[rocket757]

Options ... as it will be, we'll see. While they have problems inside the country through the roof.

[Civil]

Quote: rocket757

Options ... as it will be, we'll see. While they have problems inside the country through the roof.

Natural Middle Ages - fighting heretics from IS

[rocket757]

It will now be imprudent to refer to the fact that earlier the interests of the Taliban were purely local and that they didn’t go anywhere else.
Times and people change. So far, they still declare that their interests are limited to the borders of Afghanistan ... will it be so later, fig knows her.

[isv000]

Quote: rocket757

It is clear that the reasons for friction did not appear today ...

In the recent past, the Persians "moved" their checkpoints into the depths of Afghan territory for 400 meters ...

[Prisoner]

Conducted reconnaissance in force? Or just drove over the fool?

[Gregory spark]

Try their hand. It was not worth waiting for another from the militant radical movement. Probably received a serious response. The source Avia.pro (I will say right away - dubious) writes about Iran's strikes with 122-mm guns

"In the video footage presented, you can see how Iranian artillery literally" hollows "at the positions of the terrorists. The positions of the militants and several detachments of up to 200 people were completely destroyed in just half an hour, after which the terrorists announced their intention to start negotiations." In the conflict on the border with China, the USSR used Grady and AGS-17 "Flame". Something tells me this incident is not the last. And where is the UN Security Council?

[Prisoner]

The funerals are feeling.

[Nyrobsky]

Quote: Captive

Conducted reconnaissance in force? Or just drove over the fool?

The Taliban itself is not homogeneous and consists of a bunch of different groups with their own cockroaches in their heads. Some of them are extremely radical, some are moderate, some are inclined to demonstrate secularism, which, according to analysts, could lead to a showdown within the Taliban itself and to a new civil war. It cannot be ruled out that some of them are in direct contact with the mattresses and "moonlight" inside the Taliban to discredit the movement. These armed "guest workers" could stir up the border conflict with the Iranians in order to involve the Taliban in a full-scale war with a neighbor, and at the same time drag Iran into a long-running conflict. Such a development of events is not beneficial to either side, and the United States (possibly Israel) is the only beneficiary in this situation. Judging by the fact that the conflict was extinguished as soon as it began, apparently Tehran and the Taliban "slipped through" where they are being drawn and managed to grind this topic so as not to aggravate the situation. Now, most likely, the Taliban themselves on their side will cut off a couple of three "wrong" heads that provoked the conflict and calm down on that.

[knn54]

The pioneers found the diary of the partisans:
15 September:
"We occupied the forester's hut."
16 September:
"The Germans knocked us out of the forester's hut."
17 September:
"We drove the Germans out of the forester's hut."
18 September:
"The Germans knocked us out of the forester's hut."
19 September:
"We drove the Germans out of the forester's hut."
20 September:
“The forester came. Gave "goodies" to us and the Germans. "
- the use of artillery and small arms by both sides of the conflict.
There are no even injured ...

[rotmistr60]

no one died during the battles, the battles themselves are over

And the wolves are fed and the sheep are safe. They amused their pride and parted with their heads held high. This is how all armed conflicts would be resolved.

[babylon]

The Taliban came to power primarily to confront Iran and destabilize Central Asia, we must not forget that they are in the service of the Western intelligence services

[Sanichsan]

Quote: vavilon

Taliban brought to power primarily to confront Iran

is this a new trend?
when the Taliban invaded Afghanistan, everyone shouted that it was against China and Russia. what's happened? has the agenda changed or are we adjusting to the current situation?

[babylon]

Each has its own turn

[Azis]

The colleague was somewhat mistaken. Students, in general, are a fact of destabilization at the borders of China, Iran and the underbelly of Russia. Now think about who benefits from it. They very much regret that the DPRK also does not border on Afghanistan.

[Graz]

Well, Iran was the first to fall under the conflict. but as I suspect not the last one,
Tajikistan to get ready?

[Uran53]

How tired of tolerastia! "Third party", "partners". They would write directly: Americans.

[NDR-791]

Quote: Uran53

How tired of tolerastia!

There is such a thing. However, even in both directions it was enough. They left the embassy in Afghanistan, the Taliban come to talk to us, we please them for humanitarian aid, for the arrested accounts we say their word from the "partners". And everything with an asterisk and brackets (militants of the "Taliban" movement (* banned in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization).
I'm interested in the Foreign Ministry talking to them in the same way? - "You are banned in Russia, but okay, let's talk." I think it's time to end this bigotry.

[Uran53]

It will be intolerant. Although, indeed, how can one negotiate with terrorists if we are fighting with them (we wet them in the toilet). Apparently these are the right terrorists.

[hhurik]

I remember that a few weeks ago the story was on TV - how the Iranians, under the guise and pretext of the safety of refugees from Afghanistan, moved the border a few hundred meters in their favor, I was still surprised that the Taliban did not react. But no - there is a reaction.

[Fisherman]

Most likely, the Taliban returned the territories that the Iranians had taken under the guise of the Yankees fleeing from Afghanistan. Therefore, the Iranians keep quiet, that the stigma in the cannon against the Pashto ...

[alone]

Actually, one very competent specialist spoke about very big problems in the Iranian army ... First of all, it concerns discipline and interaction between the branches of the armed forces ... Just a couple of months ago, during an exercise in northern Iran, helicopters instead of targets hit two trucks with troops ... Outcome: minus 2 trucks, 6 dead, 8 wounded .. As shown by Syria, the combat training of the IRGC is also greatly exaggerated .. So it remains to be seen if a full-scale war begins, how it will all end
Ps withdrawal from positions without orders and without warning flanking neighbors is a very common move of the Iranians. ... So if you have an Iranian on your flank, this does not mean that he is sitting there.

[Gregory spark]

Before presenting my thoughts, I would like to quote.
Source - channel "YOUR MILITARISM, SIR"
"Taliban attacked Iran. Start of a new war?
The Taliban * is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
On the evening of December XNUMX, in Kang County, at the junction of the border between Iran and Afghanistan, clashes between the border detachments of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Iranian Armed Forces) with Taliban groups * began. As the information publication Amazh, affiliated with the T * movement, reports, during the assault, the movement's militants managed to seize several Iranian border posts.
It was possible to carry out a successful attack thanks to the Hammvi armored vehicles and an abundant number of grenade launchers. Also, at least one D-122 30 mm howitzer was used by the militants.
At first, the Iranian media completely rejected reports of the seizure of the outposts, but after that the Taliban published a video from one of the Iranian checkpoints, in which they burned the property left by the Iranians. In response, the Iranians brought up a battery of similar D-30s and destroyed 1 Afghan checkpoint. In messengers, local residents from Iranian border cities report the pulling together of military trucks and helicopters.
What started it all
At the moment, information about the reasons for the start of the fighting is extremely contradictory and the parties are thrown around by accusations. The most likely version is that the Afghan militants simply did not understand the structure of the border they had recently seized.
The fact is that not so long ago the Iranians on their territory, about half a kilometer from the immediate border, erected a number of overlaps in order to counter Afghan smuggling channels. Apparently, the Taliban * decided that the walls are the immediate border of the two states, and when Iranian farmers crossed the barriers today, fire was opened on them, after which the Taliban * occupied Iranian territories near the wall, again, believing that this is the territory of Afghanistan. In response, Iranian border guards opened fire.
At the moment, it is reported that the fighting has died down. The parties rushed to create a bilateral group to resolve the conflict. At least it has already been decided not to report any losses. "
What do we see?
1. The use of standard US weapons (Hammvi armored vehicles). "Thank you grandfather."
2. Aggressive actions without declaring war against a serious state.
3. A hasty retreat in the event of a retaliatory strike, i. E. tactics of "guerrilla warfare".
I wonder what plans are being made in the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces against the movement of T.? Defensive or offensive.