The Ministry of National Defence of Afghanistan said that 55 Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliatory operations carried out along the Durand Line on Thursday.
The Taliban-led Afghan government on Thursday (local time) said that its forces had seized 19 Pakistani military outposts and killed 55 Pakistani soldiers during a major border operation, calling it a response to recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan soil.
India condemned recent border clashes that killed Afghan civilians and reaffirmed support for Afghanistan's sovereignty. Fighting between Pakistani and Afghan forces has intensified near Spin Boldak, with both sides blaming each other. Mediation efforts by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar h
The conflict along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has intensified, with clashes now reported in Paktika province following earlier violence in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.
At least 12 civilians were killed and more than 100 were injured after Pakistani forces launched an attack in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, according to an Afghan official.
He further blamed Pakistan for provoking Afghan forces to launch a retaliatory attack on Saturday night, stating that the Pakistan Air Force had conducted airstrikes inside Afghan territory.
The ministry warned that any escalation following these actions "would have consequences for the Pakistani military" after it launched an airstrike on Kabul and
Clashes broke out between the Pakistan Army and Afghan forces following firing at multiple locations along the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, Dawn reported on Saturday.
According to sources, the dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan started nearly three weeks back when Afghan forces began making structures in Pakistani territory near the Torkham border, Geo News reported, citing The News.
At least eight people were killed and 13 injured on the Afghan side during clashes that continued late into Saturday night, following a series of confrontations sparked by Pakistan's airstrikes on TTP camps in Afghanistan. The violence escalated after militants attempted to infiltrate Pakist
Several civilians and security personnel on both sides have been killed and injured in the recent armed clashes that erupted on December 11 and December 15 at the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing.