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Pakistan Security Forces Engage in Border Skirmish With Taliban

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The Taliban* movement and Pakistani border guards clashed on Saturday along the Durand Line in Afghanistan's Kunar province.

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The Taliban* movement and Pakistani border guards clashed on Saturday along the Durand Line in Afghanistan's Kunar province.The information about the clashes was reported by TOLOnews, citing local sources. According to the report, Pakistani forces used artillery to shell Taliban positions in Kunar province.At least three people were reportedly killed and six others injured in the clashes.According to Afghan media, the clashes broke out after Pakistani forces violated the border on Saturday.*The Taliban are under UN sanctions for extremism.

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Pakistan Security Forces Engage in Border Skirmish With Taliban

19:40 20.01.2024 (Updated: 19:41 20.01.2024)

© AP Photo / Muhammad HasibSecurity officials guard a blocked road leading to a counter-terrorism center after security forces starting to clear the compound seized earlier by Pakistani Taliban militants in Bannu, a northern district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.

Security officials guard a blocked road leading to a counter-terrorism center after security forces starting to clear the compound seized earlier by Pakistani Taliban militants in Bannu, a northern district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.01.2024

Skirmishes between Afghan and Pakistani troops have been reported on several occasions over the past year. On Saturday, a new clash broke out between troops from the two countries.

The Taliban* movement and Pakistani border guards clashed on Saturday along the Durand Line in Afghanistan's Kunar province.

The information about the clashes was reported by TOLOnews, citing local sources. According to the report, Pakistani forces used artillery to shell Taliban positions in Kunar province.

At least three people were reportedly killed and six others injured in the clashes.

According to Afghan media, the clashes broke out after Pakistani forces violated the border on Saturday.

*The Taliban are under UN sanctions for extremism.