By Saqalain Eqbal in The Khaama Press, 20 Oct 2022 at 03:10 PM
Pakistani border security forces and Taliban armed forces clashed along the border in the Spin Boldak border town in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan. According to Taliban officials, a woman was killed by Pakistani border forces on the Afghan side.
According to Mawlawi Mahmood, the Taliban chief of police for the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, the border clash was started by Pakistani forces, and the Taliban forces reacted.
The Taliban security official also added that gunfire from the Pakistani side killed a woman from the Afghan side.
During the conflict, both sides used heavy weapons, including mortars, according to a source in Spin Boldak. Other than the woman from the Afghan side, no information is available about possible casualties in this conflict.
The source claims that after Pakistani soldiers opened fire on Afghan citizens on Wednesday evening, tensions between the Taliban and Pakistani military soared.
According to the source, Pakistan’s military also launched rockets into the air last night. The source claims that Pakistani aerial fire continued this morning, and the Taliban retaliated with gunfire. He also said that Pakistani gunfire killed the woman.
At the same time, sources claim that one of the border’s sub-gates is still blocked and that Spin Boldak’s main gate was shut down for an hour.
The border clash along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border comes at a time when the Taliban forces and Pakistani border security forces have clashed multiple times before.
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