Dozens Killed Injured In New Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes; Pak Dials Quatar, Saudi

15th October 2025 at 4:53 PM

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Fresh exchange of fire between Pakistani forces and Taliban fighters have killed dozens along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Karachi : Fresh exchange of fire between Pakistani forces and Taliban fighters have killed dozens along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border, intensifying the hostilities between the two former allies. With the conflict showing no signs of slowing down and Afghanistan denying entry to Pakistani ministers for talks, Islamabad has dialed Qatar and Saudi Arabia to act as mediators.

The ongoing hostilities, which started last week after Islamabad targeted Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) camps in Kabul, is the worst between the neighbours since the Taliban seized power in 2021. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that Pakistan initiated the fresh round of hostilities by firing “light and heavy weapons” in Spin Boldak district, killing 15 civilians and injuring more than 100.

In a post on X, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid accused Pakistani forces of initiating the border fighting by firing “light and heavy weapons” at Afghanistan, killing 12 civilians and injuring more than 100. Ali Mohammad Haqmal, a press spokesman in Spin Boldak district, put the civilian death toll at 15. The AFP news agency quoted a district hospital official as saying 80 women and children are among the wounded.

Mujahid claimed Afghani forces returned fire, killing “a large number” of Pakistani soldiers, seizing Pakistani weapons and tanks and destroying Pakistani military installations. But Pakistani authorities blamed the Afghan Taliban for first firing on a Pakistani military post and other areas near the border, causing the clashes that also wounded four of its own civilians.