Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed after shooting broke out near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan on Saturday.
Although the cause of the incident is blurry, in which several people were also injured, but it came amid tensions between the two countries over water rights.
Iran has accused Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers of violating a 1973 treaty by restricting the flow of water from the Helmand river to Iran’s parched eastern regions, an accusation denied by the Taliban. 
“Today, in Nimroz province, Iranian border forces fired toward Afghanistan, which was met with a counter-reaction,” spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry, Abdul Nafi Takor, said in a statement.”The situation is under control now. The Islamic Emirate does not want to fight with its neighbours,” the spokesman said adding that one person had been killed on each side and several injured.
