Pakistan said its army retaliated to cross-border firing by Afghanistan forces and local militants in provocation it claimed began on Tuesday night.
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Pakisthan launched airstrikes in kabul
Fresh clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday night killed dozens of troops and civilians, according to security officials from both sides. After the fighting, both countries agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire, with each claiming the other had requested it. Hours after the clashes began, Pakistan launched airstrikes targeting Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, and Kandahar province, officials told Reuters and AFP. Pakistan’s military said it repelled two Taliban assaults on major border posts in the southwest and northwest. According to AFP, around 20 Taliban fighters were killed in attacks near Spin Boldak on the Afghan side of the southern Kandahar frontier early Wednesday.
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What happened on Pakistan-Afghanistan border last weekend
Afghanistan launched attacks on Pakistani soldiers along their shared border late Saturday. In what it called retaliation for air strikes carried out by the Pakistani army on Kabul on October 7 night. While Afghanistan claimed its strikes killed 58 Pakistani soldiers, Pakistan said the toll was 23, adding that it managed to kill more than 200 Taliban and affiliated troops in counterfire. The border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan were also shut on Sunday, October 12. Hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed strong response. The Taliban said it has other ways to handle the situation if Pakistan does not want to engage in dialogue.
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