2009 Afghanistan–Iran clash

2009 Afghanistan–Iran clashes
Part of the spillover of the Afghan conflict

Map of Afghanistan's Nimruz province where the clashes took place
Date23 April 2009
Location
Nimroz province, Afghanistan–Iran border
Result Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Unknown General Saifullah Hakim
Units involved
Border Guard Command Afghan Border Police
Casualties and losses
1 soldier killed
1 soldier captured		 None

On 23 April 2009, a clash erupted between the border guards of Afghanistan and Iran in Nimroz Province near the Afghanistan–Iran border. One Iranian border guard was killed in the clash and another border guard was captured by the Afghan border police. According to General Saifullah Hakim, the head of Afghanistan's border police in Nimroz, the clash was caused by the incursion by the Iranian border guards into Tang District of Nimroz Province. Iran's Press TV also confirmed that a clash took place between the border guards of two countries and one Iranian soldier was killed while another was captured in the clash.

The two countries had also clashed in 2007 and 2008 and would later clash again in 2021 and 2023.

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