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
Four civilians were killed and four others injured in fresh clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces near Afghanistan's Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, Tolo News reported, citing local sources.
Afghanistan's Prime Minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, on Saturday (local time), blamed Pakistan for the recent escalation of border clashes, stating that Islamabad "initiated" the conflict by violating Afghan territory.
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.
Torkham border, a crucial border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, remained blocked for the seventh day on Wednesday, as discussions between the two parties remained stalled, stranding commercial convoys and travellers, according to ARY News.
The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been closed for the second day on Thursday after the clashes between the forces of both countries.