Afghan refugees sit subsequent to their belongings loaded onto autos as they look forward to opening of the border crossing level, which closed following Afghan and Pakistani safety forces exchanged cross border firing, at a camp in Chaman, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan mentioned Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani troopers in in a single day border operations, in response to what it referred to as repeated violations of its territory and airspace.
Earlier within the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and a market within the nation’s east. Pakistan didn’t declare accountability for the assault.
The Taliban authorities’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, mentioned Afghan forces have captured 25 Pakistani military posts, 58 troopers have been killed, and 30 others wounded.
“The state of affairs on all official borders and de facto traces of Afghanistan is beneath full management, and unlawful actions have been largely prevented,” Mujahid instructed a press convention in Kabul. There was no quick affirmation from Pakistan about casualties.
Pakistan has beforehand struck areas inside Afghanistan, focusing on what it alleges are militant hideouts, however these have been in distant and mountainous areas. The 2 sides have additionally skirmished alongside the border up to now. Saturday night time’s heavy clashes underscore the deepening tensions.
The Taliban authorities’s Protection Ministry mentioned early Sunday morning its forces had performed “retaliatory and profitable operations” alongside the border.
“If the opposing aspect once more violates Afghanistan’s territorial integrity, our armed forces are absolutely ready to defend the nation’s borders and can ship a powerful response,” the ministry added.
The Torkham border crossing, considered one of two important commerce routes between the 2 nations, didn’t open on Sunday at its typical time of 8 am.
The crossing at Chaman, southwest Pakistan, was additionally closed. Folks, together with Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan, have been turned away as a result of worsening safety state of affairs.
An Related Press reporter in Chaman heard jets over Spin Boldak, a metropolis in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, and noticed smoke rising after an explosion.
Regional powers name for calm as Pakistan condemns assault
Pakistan accuses Afghan authorities of harboring members of the banned group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. Islamabad says the group carries out lethal assaults inside Pakistan, however Kabul denies the cost, saying it doesn’t enable its territory for use towards different nations.
Earlier than the Afghan declare of casualties, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the assault and mentioned the nation’s military “not solely gave a befitting reply to Afghanistan’s provocations but additionally destroyed a number of of their posts, forcing them to retreat.”
Pakistani safety officers shared movies purporting to indicate destroyed Afghanistan checkposts, however the footage couldn’t be independently verified as a result of the media doesn’t have entry to those areas.
The Saudi Overseas Ministry issued a press release late Saturday, calling for “restraint, avoidance of escalation and the adoption of dialogue and knowledge to assist de-escalate tensions and keep the safety and stability of the area.”
Saudi Arabia simply reached a mutual protection pact with Pakistan, which apparently put the dominion beneath Islamabad’s nuclear umbrella following Israel’s assault on Qatar.
Qatar additionally expressed concern in regards to the escalating tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A senior Pakistani safety official, talking on situation of anonymity as a result of he was not approved to speak to the media, mentioned Afghan forces opened hearth in a number of northwestern border areas within the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, together with the districts of Chitral, Bajaur, Mohmand, Angoor Adda and Kurram.
The official additionally mentioned troops responded with heavy weaponry close to Tirah in Khyber district and throughout the frontier in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.
The 2 nations share a 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border often known as the Durand Line, however Afghanistan has by no means acknowledged it.
