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Pakistan and Afghanistan claim killing dozens of the other side's troops in relentless fighting
Fighting resumed after a truce ended, with Pakistan and Afghanistan reporting hundreds of enemy troops killed amid ongoing demands to control militants, the UN said 56 civilians died.
- On Friday, Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged cross-border strikes, and Islamabad declared the clashes an 'open war' as Pakistan's air force and ground troops inflicted heavy losses on Afghan forces and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
- Islamabad says its military operations began last week and will continue until Kabul takes verifiable steps to rein in the TTP, which has increased attacks since August 2021.
- Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan's Information Minister, said Pakistan killed 527 Afghan soldiers, while Afghanistan claimed killing 150 Pakistani soldiers and losing 28 troops in Nangarhar, Kandahar, Kunar, Paktia and Khost provinces.
- UNAMA urged an immediate halt to the fighting, reporting 56 civilian deaths and warning it worsens Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim offered mediation.
- It remains unclear whether efforts by other Muslim nations will get Kabul and Islamabad to the negotiating table anytime soon, after the clashes entered their ninth day and ended an October ceasefire.
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Afghan and Pakistani troops continue to fight violently at the common border. Both countries claimed to have killed soldiers of the opposite side.
Pakistan, Afghanistan claim killing dozens of other's troops in relentless fighting
Pakistani and Afghan officials say their forces have launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes, with each side claiming to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors
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Pakistan and Afghanistan claim killing dozens of the other side's troops in relentless fighting
Pakistani and Afghan officials say their forces have launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes, with each side claiming to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors.
UN mission in Afghanistan says 56 civilians killed in cross-border clashes with Pakistan
Photo: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Friday said it has verified at least 185 civilian casualties in Afghanistan following recent cross-border armed clashes with Pakistan, raising alarm over the rising toll on civilians. In a statement, the mission said that 56 civilians were killed and 129 others injured between 26 February and 5 March 2026 due to indirec…
10th day of border fighting: Taliban, Pakistani forces clash again in east
Taliban and Pakistani border troops clashed again Saturday morning along the frontier in Paktika province, as fighting between the two sides entered its tenth day, according to local Taliban officials. Abdul Qadoos Makhdum, the Taliban district chief in Terwa district, said Taliban forces had launched attacks on five Pakistani border outposts and that the fighting was still continuing. He did not provide details about casualties or damage from t…
The UN chief of human rights said Friday that 56 Afghan civilians have died, almost half of them children, since hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan intensified last week."I strongly urge all parties to end the conflict," Volker Türk said in a statement.Both neighboring countries have been fighting along the border since February 26, when Afghanistan launched a border offensive in retaliation for Pakistan's air strikes.Islamabad respond…
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