Pakistan-Afghanistan border clash

Afghanistan border clashes ease, thousands seek shelter

Overnight clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces at the main border crossing between the countries caused thousands of people to flee their homes but the situation had calmed down by Tuesday morning, residents and officials said. The conflict started on Monday, the first working day of Ramadan, when food imports from Pakistan usually peak in Afghanistan. Around 15,000 local residents fled to Landi Kotal due to the clashes, an official said. Afghan border guards had opened fire wi...

August 13, 2024 1:22 PM

Three killed in Pakistan, Afghanistan border clash, Kabul says

Three Afghan civilians were killed in a border clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan security forces, a spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul said on Tuesday. The clashes took place late on Monday near the southwestern border crossing of Torkham after Pakistani border forces opened fire on Afghan border forces, said Mufti Abdul Mateen, the spokesman for Afghanistan's interior ministry. The Pakistani forces targeted civilian homes, killing a woman and two children, he said. Pakist...