A Kolbar from Baneh was seriously injured following direct fire by border regiment forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the border areas of this county.
According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Thursday, June 11, 2026, border regiment forces stationed at the “Surkiw” border area of Baneh opened fire on a group of Kolbars, as a result of which “Naseh Khodaei,” 29 years old and from Baneh, was shot in the leg and seriously wounded.
Based on obtained information, the military forces opened fire without prior warning and from close range. During the shooting, Naseh Khodaei suffered severe injuries and bleeding due to bullet impact.
Following the incident, he was transferred with the help of several kolbars and local residents to Salahaddin Ayyubi Hospital in Baneh and is currently under medical care and treatment.
Naseh Khodaei is married and has one child, and due to the lack of job opportunities and poor economic conditions in Kurdistan, he had turned to Kolbari in order to provide for his family.
According to statistics recorded by Kolbarnews, in the year 2025, a total of 57 Kolbars in the border regions and intercity routes of the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah were killed or injured due to factors such as direct shootings by the regime’s military forces, avalanches and hypothermia, landmine explosions, falls from mountains and heights, and other incidents. Of this number, 26 Kolbars, equivalent to (46%), were killed and 31 Kolbars, equivalent to (54%), were injured. Of the total 57 Kolbars who were killed or injured in 2025, a total of 44 cases, equivalent to (77%), resulted from direct shootings by the regime’s military forces. Of the total 57 Kolbars who were killed or injured in 2025, a total of 2 Kolbars, equivalent to (4%), were child kolbars under the age of 18, one of whom was killed as a result of direct gunfire by Iraqi border guards (Haras al-Hudud).Despite a 69 percent decrease in the total number of killed and injured kolbars in 2025 compared to 2024, the proportion of deaths relative to total casualties increased from 28 percent to 46 percent. This change indicates a significant increase in the share of deaths among total casualties and reflects the increasingly deadly nature of incidents in 2025.
