New clashes erupted early on Wednesday between Pakistani and Afghan forces at the joint border, with both sides accusing the other of having begun the hostilities. The fighting comes amid tensions caused by Pakistani accusations that Afghanistan is harboring anti-Pakistan militants, with Islamabad calling on the Afghan Taliban administration to take action against them. The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, for their part, deny that such militants are sheltering in their country. Afghanistan has made similar accusations against Pakistan. What sparked the fighting? According to the Pakistani military’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the “Afghan Taliban resorted to cowardly attacks at four locations in Spin Boldak…
Pakistan: Fresh clashes on Afghan border leave several dead
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