The clash erupted over the construction of a road in Pakistani territory by the Afghan Taliban. The land was owned by the residents of Khurlachi and Borki, which fall on the other side of the border fence, near Afghanistan's Paktia province.
Sajid Hussain Turi, Pakistan's Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, condemned the firing incident. "Afghanistan's violation of Pakistan's Kurram border at Kharlachi and Borki and targeting the civilian population is condemnable," he said in a statement shared on T