In the latest round of clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Pakistani soldiers have killed at least eight Taliban militants, according to reports.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, there have been tensions along the disputed borders with Pakistan and the two sides have frequently clashed. The Taliban rejects the ‘Durand Line’ that Pakistan says demarcates the border, which was set as the border between the British India and Afghanistan in 1893.
The Dawn has reported that the latest Taliban-Pakistan clash occurred near Pakistan’s Kurram district along the border.
The clash began on Saturday morning when the Taliban militants attacked a Pakistani check post with heavy weapons in the Palosin area on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, according to the newspaper.
The paper quoted the sources as saying that the Pakistani response killed at least eight militants, including two ‘key’ commanders, and injured 16. The two commanders were identified by the sources as Khalil and Jan Muhammad.
Separately, state-run Pakistan Television linked the attacks to Taliban’s attempt to construct a security outpost along the border
This is not the first time casualties have been reported in clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Last month, the Torkham border crossing was shut for three days after the Taliban regime of Afghanistan claimed that Pakistani warplanes had violated the Afghan airspace by flying over Nangarhar and Kunar provinces.
Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, tensions have also flared between the two sides over Pakistan’s allegation that Taliban shelters terrorist group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has ramped up violent attacks across the country in recent years. Pakistan has alleged that TTP has camps in Afghanistan and have found a safe haven there.
