Afghanistan says it killed dozens of Pakistani soldiers in overnight border clashes

By&nbspEuronews

Published on 12/10/2025 - 17:22 GMT+2

Afghanistan said connected Sunday that its forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers successful overnight separator clashes, accusing its neighbour of violating its territory and airspace.

Earlier successful nan week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing nan capital, Kabul, and a marketplace successful nan country’s east. Pakistan did not declare work for nan assault.

The Taliban government’s main spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Afghan forces captured 25 Pakistani service posts, leaving 30 Pakistani soldiers wounded.

“The business connected each charismatic borders and de facto lines of Afghanistan is nether complete control, and forbidden activities person been mostly prevented,” Mujahid told a news convention successful Kabul.

Pakistan has antecedently struck locations wrong Afghanistan it alleges are militant hideouts, but these person been successful distant and mountainous areas. The 2 sides person besides skirmished on nan separator successful nan past.

The Taliban government’s Defence Ministry said early Sunday greeting its forces had conducted “retaliatory and successful operations” on nan border.

“If nan opposing broadside again violates Afghanistan’s territorial integrity, our equipped forces are afloat prepared to take sides nan nation’s borders and will present a beardown response,” nan ministry added.

Deepening tensions

Pakistan accuses Afghan authorities of harbouring members of nan banned group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. Islamabad says nan group carries retired deadly attacks wrong Pakistan, but Kabul denies nan charge, saying it does not let its territory to beryllium utilized against different countries.

Pakistan is grappling pinch surging militancy, particularly successful areas bordering Afghanistan. It besides accuses its nuclear-armed neighbour and rival India of backing equipped groups, without providing immoderate evidence.

The overnight separator clashes could substance location instability, arsenic India and Pakistan came adjacent to warfare earlier this twelvemonth aft a tourer massacre successful nan disputed region of Kashmir.

Before nan Afghan declare of casualties, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned nan battle and said nan country's service “not only gave a befitting reply to Afghanistan’s provocations but besides destroyed respective of their posts, forcing them to retreat.”

Pakistani information officials shared videos they claimed showed destroyed Afghan checkpoints, but nan footage could not beryllium independently verified because nan media does not person entree to these areas.

The Pakistani service said much than 200 “Taliban and affiliated terrorists person been neutralised, while nan number of injured is overmuch higher."

According to Pakistani information officials, Afghan forces opened occurrence successful respective northwestern separator areas successful nan state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.