Taliban militants used manpower and armored vehicles to attack the border post of Iran, the "Adyrna" portal wrote. Afghan journalist Tajuden Sorush wrote about it on Twitter. He distributed footage released by the Taliban. There was preliminary information that two Iranian border guards were killed.
In the released video, Taliban leaders can be seen approaching an Iranian base in the border region.
"If the elders allow jihad, we will soon conquer Iran," said one of the leaders.
The Ministry of National Defense of Afghanistan blamed the Iranian forces for open fire.