Expressing surprise and displeasure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran regarding the investigation of "a non-existent matter" regarding the alleged cross-border shooting of Afghan nationals

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Tehran: Ismail Baqaei, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in his weekly press conference with reporters, in response to a question about the allegations that some Afghan nationals were killed and wounded near the border. Iran said: Afghan authorities issued a statement on this matter. We were surprised and displeased that "a non-existent matter" was reported and some Afghan authorities took this baseless news seriously.

He expressed his hope that everyone will learn from this issue so that we can be more careful about all the news published in the media.

 

Meanwhile, on Thursday, the spokesman's office of the Islamic Emirate published the findings of the task force in connection with the death and wounding of a number of our compatriots in the "Kalgan Valley" area on the border of Iran and Pakistan, based on which it was announced that Two martyrs and 34 wounded have been transferred to Afghanistan by the task force, but the cause of this incident has not been identified in the report of the task force.

Hamdullah Fitrat, the Deputy Spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, emphasized in this announcement that the investigation of the incident has not yet been completed and the work of the board is ongoing and the details of the investigation will be published later.

 

Previously, the commander of Iran's border guard forces in Sistan and Baluchistan province and also the special representative of the Iranian president on Afghan affairs have denied such an incident attributed to the border forces of this country shooting at Afghan citizens.