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Deadly border fighting breaks out between Pakistan and Afghanistan
8 hours ago
Hafizullah MaroofKabul
Hafizullah MaroofKabul
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Fighting broke out close to the Afghan border city of Spin Boldak, which has seen deadly clashes in recent months (pictured October 2025)
Border clashes have erupted again between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban forces, with each sides accusing the other of breaking a fragile ceasefire.
Residents fled the Afghan city of Spin Boldak overnight, which lies along the 1,600-mile (2,600 km) border between the two countries.
A medical worker in the nearby city of Kandahar told BBC Pashto that four bodies had been brought to a local hospital. Four other people were wounded. Three were reportedly wounded in Pakistan.
There has been sporadic fighting between the two countries in recent months, while Afghanistan's Taliban government has also accused Pakistan of carrying out air strikes inside the country.
Both sides have confirmed they exchanged fire overnight but each blamed the other for initiating the four hours of fighting.
Mosharraf Zaidi, a spokesperson for Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accused the Taliban of "unprovoked firing".
The statement continued: "An immediate, befitting & intense response has been given by our armed forces. Pakistan remains fully alert & committed to ensuring its territorial integrity & the safety our citizens."
Meanwhile, a Taliban spokesperson said Pakistan had "once again initiated attacks" and said it was "forced to respond".
Residents on the Afghan side of the border said the exchange of fire started at around 22:30 (18:00 GMT) on Friday.
Footage from the area showed a large number of Afghans fleeing on foot and in vehicles.
Ali Mohammed Haqmal, head of Kandahar's information department, said Pakistan's forces had attacked with "light and heavy artillery" and civilian homes had been hit by mortar fire.
The latest clashes came less than two months after both sides agreed to a ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkey.
It ended more than a week of fighting in which dozens were killed - the worst clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban since the group returned to power in 2021 - though tensions have remained high.
The government in Islamabad has long accused Afghanistan's ruling Taliban of giving shelter to armed groups which carry out attacks in Pakistan.
The Taliban government denies the accusation and has accused Pakistan of blaming others for their "own security failures".
The Pakistan Taliban have carried out at least 600 attacks on Pakistani forces over the past year, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
Last week delegations from both sides met in Saudi Arabia for a fourth round of negotiations on a wider peace settlement, but did not reach an agreement.
Sources familiar with the talks told BBC News that both sides had agreed to continue with the ceasefire.
Fighting broke out close to the Afghan border city of Spin Boldak, which has seen deadly clashes in recent months (pictured October 2025)
Border clashes have erupted again between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban forces, with each sides accusing the other of breaking a fragile ceasefire.
Residents fled the Afghan city of Spin Boldak overnight, which lies along the 1,600-mile (2,600 km) border between the two countries.
A medical worker in the nearby city of Kandahar told BBC Pashto that four bodies had been brought to a local hospital. Four other people were wounded. Three were reportedly wounded in Pakistan.
There has been sporadic fighting between the two countries in recent months, while Afghanistan's Taliban government has also accused Pakistan of carrying out air strikes inside the country.
Both sides have confirmed they exchanged fire overnight but each blamed the other for initiating the four hours of fighting.
Mosharraf Zaidi, a spokesperson for Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accused the Taliban of "unprovoked firing".
The statement continued: "An immediate, befitting & intense response has been given by our armed forces. Pakistan remains fully alert & committed to ensuring its territorial integrity & the safety our citizens."
Meanwhile, a Taliban spokesperson said Pakistan had "once again initiated attacks" and said it was "forced to respond".
Residents on the Afghan side of the border said the exchange of fire started at around 22:30 (18:00 GMT) on Friday.
Footage from the area showed a large number of Afghans fleeing on foot and in vehicles.
Ali Mohammed Haqmal, head of Kandahar's information department, said Pakistan's forces had attacked with "light and heavy artillery" and civilian homes had been hit by mortar fire.
The latest clashes came less than two months after both sides agreed to a ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkey.
It ended more than a week of fighting in which dozens were killed - the worst clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban since the group returned to power in 2021 - though tensions have remained high.
The government in Islamabad has long accused Afghanistan's ruling Taliban of giving shelter to armed groups which carry out attacks in Pakistan.
The Taliban government denies the accusation and has accused Pakistan of blaming others for their "own security failures".
The Pakistan Taliban have carried out at least 600 attacks on Pakistani forces over the past year, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
Last week delegations from both sides met in Saudi Arabia for a fourth round of negotiations on a wider peace settlement, but did not reach an agreement.
Sources familiar with the talks told BBC News that both sides had agreed to continue with the ceasefire.
There are 2 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, for more than 5 decades, second, third generations already, similar to Palastins in Gaza. The refugee camps are herded like animals in open air prisons. In 2025 Pakistan forced 1.4 million back to Afghanistan, to a country most of them were not even born in so will find tough to survive.
ReplyDeleteThis is Afghan NAKBA.
Nah, read lah from Al Jezebel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/10/22/pakistan-speeds-up-expulsion-of-afghan-refugees-amid-tensions-with-taliban
UNHCR is the UN Agency looking after these Afghan refugees, like refugees all over the world, EXCEPT Palastin, who are so so Spesial.
So Spesial the Palastin "refugees" are pampered by the Bespoked UN Agency UNRWA, headed (actually just faced) by white skin puppets like Philippe Lazzarini but run by Palastins, many linked to terrorist groups like Harmass. 80 years running and UNRWA has not resettled a single "refugee". Like an MACC leader once said.....Cari Makan mah....ha3.
UNRWA provide full range of services that you would expect from a functioning gomen: housing (BRICK houses!), food, medicine, education, employment (many professionals, health care workers teachers, terrorists ha3) etc.
so mfer, have u ever considered WHY those Afghan refugees r in Pakistan territory?
DeleteWho created that Afghan NAKBA?
Talking about special refugees, ooop… those europe rejected zionists NEVER EVER come into yr mfering mind. They were so so special that those pommie shylocking elites had to help them to rob a piece of land from Levant in order to recreate that zionist grandmother's fable kingdom.