Islamabad, Pakistan
Reuters
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Firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Saturday, with the Afghan Taliban attacking Pakistani posts, in keeping with safety officers from each nations, following a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul this week.
Pakistani safety officers mentioned that they have been responding “with full force” to what they referred to as unprovoked firing from Afghanistan. The exchange of fire occurred at greater than six locations along the border, they mentioned.
The Taliban forces mentioned they captured three Pakistani border posts. Pakistani safety officers mentioned their navy had destroyed a number of Afghan posts.
Video footage shared by Pakistani safety officers confirmed gun and artillery fire in the direction of Afghanistan, lighting up the evening sky.
Enayatullah Khowarazmi, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense, mentioned it was a retaliatory operation for Pakistan’s violation of Afghan airspace. He mentioned the assault concluded at midnight native time.
“If the opposing side again violates Afghanistan’s airspace, our armed forces are prepared to defend their airspace and will deliver a strong response,” Khowarazmi mentioned.
There was no rapid response from Pakistan on whether or not the clashes had ended. The border runs for two,600 km (1,615 miles).
Islamabad accuses the Afghan Taliban administration of harboring militants of the Pakistani Taliban who attack Pakistan, with the assist of Pakistan’s adversary, India. New Delhi denies the cost, whereas the Taliban say that they don’t permit their territory for use in opposition to different nations.
A Pakistani safety official had advised Reuters this week that the airstrike had focused the chief of the Pakistani Taliban militant group in Kabul, touring in a automobile. It was unclear if he had survived. Islamabad had warned Kabul that its endurance had run out.
The Taliban administration’s overseas minister visited India this week, the first such journey by a senior Taliban official since the group seized energy in 2021, and the two sides agreed to improve ties. That go to raised additional issues in Pakistan.
There has been an upsurge in assaults by militants in Pakistan since the Taliban got here to energy.