KABUL (Pajhwok): The main Iran-Afghanistan border crossing was closed on Saturday following skirmishes between guards of the two countries.
Iranian media outlets reported Taliban authorities in the Islam Qala district of western Herat province were paving a road in the border zone. The project was obstructed by Iranian border guards.
Iranian Special Envoy for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi issued a statement, confirming that local authorities in Herat had attempted to construct a road in the border area “without prior coordination” with the Iranian side.
He said the road breached the border between the two countries and the move was . . .
