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Afghan Taliban mortar fire kills 1 civilian, wounds 5 in northwest Pakistan border clash
Pakistan said the attack wounded five people from one family and prompted retaliatory strikes that destroyed several Afghan checkposts, security sources said.
- On Tuesday, Afghan Taliban forces fired mortars into Angoor Adda, South Waziristan, killing one civilian and injuring five members of the same family while damaging shops in the bazaar.
- Tensions between the nations have escalated following repeated border clashes and airstrikes this year, with Pakistan repeatedly accusing the Afghan Taliban of sheltering the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, a charge Kabul consistently denies.
- The Pakistan Army responded with "robust retaliatory action," destroying multiple Afghan checkposts near the border, while Pakistani troops remain on high alert prepared to thwart further aggression.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Adviser Samar Haroon Bilour condemned the "cowardly attack" on civilians, as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Gov. Faisal Karim Kundi stated Pakistan will never tolerate violations of its sovereignty.
- Pakistan has seen a surge in militant violence in recent years, with the Pakistani Taliban and allied groups emboldened by the Afghan Taliban's return to power in 2021, deepening longstanding security tensions.
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Afghan Taliban mortar fire kills 1 civilian, wounds 5 in northwest Pakistan border clash
A Pakistani official says the Afghan Taliban have fired mortars into a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing one civilian and wounding five others.
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