A 20-year-old Kolbar from Saqqez, was wounded in the abdomen by direct gunfire from border guard forces in the HengeJal border area of Baneh.
According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, September 14, 2026, a young Kolbar was directly targeted by border guard forces in the Hange-Jal border area of Baneh and was seriously injured.
The identity of this Kolbar, Arvin Azizi, 20, from the village of Qoreh-Dareh in Saqqez County, has been confirmed by Kolbarnews.
According to information received, border guard forces fired at this Kolbar using Kalashnikov assault rifles, as a result of which Arvin Azizi was shot in the abdomen.
After being injured, he was transferred to a hospital to receive medical treatment.
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.
