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13 Afghan Taliban Personnel Killed in Overnight Border Clash, Pakistan Says. Kabul Denies the Claim – WTOP News

Pakistan said the clash followed an attempted infiltration and drone incursions, while Afghanistan denied the claims and reported civilian deaths from Pakistani strikes.

  • Pakistani security forces repelled an attempted incursion by Afghan Taliban personnel in Balochistan's Gulistan sector during the night of September 24-25, killing at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel, the Information Ministry confirmed Friday.
  • These clashes followed Pakistan's aerial and drone strikes Thursday against 10 Afghan locations. Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar described the action as a response to a "deliberate and unlawful incursion" by drones from Afghanistan on Wednesday.
  • The Afghan Taliban government disputed the account, claiming four civilians died in Thursday's earlier airstrikes, while Afghan authorities denied involvement in the drone attacks that triggered the strikes.
  • Kabul condemned the Pakistani strikes, summoning Islamabad's charge d'affaires in protest. Afghanistan's Defense Ministry denied suffering casualties while the Afghan Taliban rejected allegations of harboring militants.
  • This sharp escalation threatens international mediation efforts by China, Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia aimed at securing peace. Islamabad continues to accuse Kabul of harboring militant groups, a charge the Afghan Taliban consistently denies.
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13 Afghan Taliban personnel killed in overnight border clash, Pakistan says. Kabul denies the claim

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Overnight fighting along the southwestern border left at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel dead, Pakistan said Friday, in a claim Afghanistan denied. It was the latest escalation between the neighbors following Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory.

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On the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, there were again skirmishes.

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On Friday, Pakistani security forces foiled an attempted infiltration and assault of armed men across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, according to the official Pakistan News Agency.

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روزنامه اطلاعات روز broke the news on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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