Pakistani troops on alert after deadly Afghanistan border clashes


Pakistan’s military says it has killed more than 200 Afghan fighters while Afghanistan claims it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in cross border clashes along their frontier.

Spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Taliban government, Zabihullah Mujahid, said 30 other Pakistani soldiers were wounded and a “significant amount” of Pakistani weapons fell into Afghan hands.

Mujahid challenged the Pakistani report, adding that nine Taliban soldiers were killed in the overnight operations and nearly a dozen others were injured.

Pakistan’s military, on the other hand, said 23 of its “brave sons” were killed in the clashes, and officials said they closed their border with Afghanistan.

Border hostilities erupted after Thursday’s explosions in Afghanistan, which the Taliban blamed on Pakistan.


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