Press TV - Iranian border guards�have disbanded a three-member team of gunmen as they were trying to cross the country�s border with Afghanistan.

The outfit was confronted and neutralized during a clash in the Nehbandan border area in South Khorasan Province on Thursday, IRNA reported�citing police reports.

The clash, which took place in Nehbandan heights, led to the death of one of the gunmen,�said Border Police Commander�Brigadier General Ghassem Rezaei.

General Rezaei said the fatality was a drug smuggler, adding that another member of the team was wounded and a third surrendered.

Several Kalashnikov rifles�and a quantity of ammunition were also seized from the gunmen.

Rezaei said South Khorasan border guards were closely monitoring the least noticeable of movements on the border with Afghanistan.

�Iran's border guards use all their capability to preserve and secure the country's territory, decisively confronting all instances of insecurity along the border,� the commander asserted.

South Khorasan shares 460 kilometers (285 miles) of border with Afghanistan.