Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict LIVE updates: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in posts on X that multiple Pakistani troops were killed and others taken prisoner late on Thursday after Afghanistan launched attacks in response to last week’s strikes that killed 18 people
Afghan forces opened fire on posts in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest, sparking more than two hours of fighting before Pakistani troops retaliated, Pakistani officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
The clashes along the 2,600-km (1,615-mile) are the latest flare-up to threaten a fragile ceasefire following deadly clashes in October.
Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict LIVE updates: Pak Defence Minister Asif declares ‘open war’ with Kabul
Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict LIVE updates: The exchange marks another escalation in tensions between the two neighbouring countries along their volatile border
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border is on the boil again. The Taliban administration in Afghanistan launched a “large-scale operation” against Pakistani military positions along the Durand Line in response to what it called repeated provocations.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that Islamabad’s retaliation to the Taliban attacks was a
“befitting response”, as blasts and gunfire rang out in the cities of Kabul and Kandahar under Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.
