13 Afghan Taliban personnel killed in overnight border clash, Pakistan says. Kabul denies the claim
Pakistan said the clash followed an attempted Afghan incursion and came after strikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan, which Kabul said killed four civilians.
- Pakistani security forces repelled an attempted incursion by Afghan Taliban personnel in Balochistan's Gulistan sector during the night of September 24-25, killing at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel, the Information Ministry confirmed Friday.
- These clashes followed Pakistan's aerial and drone strikes Thursday against 10 Afghan locations. Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar described the action as a response to a "deliberate and unlawful incursion" by drones from Afghanistan on Wednesday.
- The Afghan Taliban government disputed the account, claiming four civilians died in Thursday's earlier airstrikes, while Afghan authorities denied involvement in the drone attacks that triggered the strikes.
- Kabul condemned the Pakistani strikes, summoning Islamabad's charge d'affaires in protest. Afghanistan's Defense Ministry denied suffering casualties while the Afghan Taliban rejected allegations of harboring militants.
- This sharp escalation threatens international mediation efforts by China, Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia aimed at securing peace. Islamabad continues to accuse Kabul of harboring militant groups, a charge the Afghan Taliban consistently denies.
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13 Afghan Taliban personnel killed in overnight border clash, Pakistan says. Kabul denies the claim
Pakistan says its forces have killed at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight fighting along the countries’ southwestern border, a claim Afghanistan denies.
On the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, there were again skirmishes.
On Friday, Pakistani security forces foiled an attempted infiltration and assault of armed men across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, according to the official Pakistan News Agency.
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