Three dead in clashes on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Three Afghan civilians were killed in border clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces, a Taliban government spokesman in Kabul said today. Clashes broke out late Monday near the southwestern Torkham border crossing after Pakistani forces opened fire on Afghan border forces, said Mufti Abdul Mateen, a spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry. “Pakistani forces targeted civilian homes, killing a woman and two children,” he said via the X platform. “The clashes broke out from the Pakistanis,” Enayatullah Khwarazmi, a spokesman for the Afghan ministry, told AFP. Defense. A Pakistani administration official in Torham told AFP that Afghan forces opened fire yesterday over tensions over the construction of a new Afghan border post, which he said was without Islamabad’s approval and in violation of international rules. “Afghan officials have not stopped construction despite constant warnings from the Pakistani side,” he said. “Afghan forces opened fire on […]
Source: News Beast

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