Iran decided to seal his border with Afghanistan due to rising terrorist activities in the region.
There are various terrorist groups in Afghanistan like TTP, Islamic State of Khorasan, and others, from where they carry out terrorist activities in the neighboring countries of Pakistan and Iran.
Additionally, tensions and clashes have increased along the Pakistan-Afghanistan and Iran-Afghanistan borders.
Pakistan has built a long wall on the border with Afghanistan to prevent the spread of terrorism, while Iran has decided to build a wall on the border with Afghanistan due to the increase in terrorist activities.
According to Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, four army border engineering teams have started sealing the border with Afghanistan in the northeastern region of Iran.
The Iranian provinces that will be sealed from the Afghan border include Mazandaran, Gulistan, Rizvi Khorasan, North Khorasan, South Khorasan and Samnan.
Iran’s Interior Ministry has allocated $3 billion to build barbed wire, fences and a four-meter-high concrete wall along the Iran-Afghanistan border, according to Army Commander Brigadier General Hassan McPhee.
Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani; The Taliban’s defeated efforts to revive terrorist groups like Daesh in Afghanistan are a major threat to the region.
After the Kerman explosion, Iran’s decision to seal its border with Afghanistan proves that terrorists have entered Iran from Afghanistan and are seriously endangering the security of our country.
Iran’s decision to build a fence along the Afghanistan-Iran border has been praised internationally, and Caspian News has reported a significant increase in illegal immigration, terrorism and drug trafficking from the Afghan border to Iran since the Taliban regime. gain strength.
Khazar News reports that more than 8 million Afghan citizens live illegally in Iran, of which 5 million have been deported by the Iranian government.
The eastern and southeastern regions of Iran are used by the Taliban as a major route for drug trafficking to Europe.
The water dispute between the two countries has been raging since the Taliban came to power.
According to Iranian officials, in an agreement signed in February 2021, the Taliban agreed to provide Iran with 820 million cubic meters of water annually from Helmand, but this agreement has not been implemented so far.
Will the Taliban regime change its illegal and terrorist actions and policies when the border with Iran is closed like Pakistan?
The closure of the Afghan border will not negatively affect the economy of Pakistan and Iran, but can the Taliban manage their poor economy when the borders with all neighboring countries are closed?