- Clashes erupt after Pakistan’s alleged air strikes in Kandahar region.
- Taliban responds with drones and artillery near Spin Boldak.
- Civilians evacuated from nearby villages amid cross-border shelling.
- Kabul accuses Islamabad of repeated airspace violations.
GG News Bureau
Kabul, 12th Oct: Afghanistan’s Taliban forces on Saturday (October 11, 2025) launched armed reprisals against Pakistani troops along the shared border, accusing Islamabad of conducting air strikes inside Afghan territory. Senior officials across multiple Afghan provinces confirmed that Taliban fighters were engaged in heavy clashes with Pakistani forces.
“In retaliation for air strikes carried out by the Pakistani army on Kabul, Taliban forces are engaged in heavy clashes against Pakistani security forces in various areas along the border,” the Taliban-run defence ministry said in a statement.
Earlier this week, two explosions were reported in Kabul and another in Afghanistan’s southeast. The Taliban administration blamed Pakistan for the attacks, accusing it of violating Afghan sovereignty. Islamabad, however, did not confirm the strikes and instead urged Kabul to stop sheltering militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The TTP, which shares ideological roots with the Afghan Taliban, has been accused by Islamabad of killing hundreds of Pakistani soldiers since 2021.
Officials from the border provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost, and Helmand confirmed that clashes were ongoing. “Taliban forces began using weapons this evening. We fired first light and then heavy artillery at four points along the border,” an Afghan official in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province told AFP.
Pakistani forces reportedly responded with intense fire, shooting down three Afghan quadcopters suspected of carrying explosives. While heavy fighting continues, no casualties have been reported so far.
The escalation is one of the sharpest confrontations between Kabul and Islamabad since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with tensions continuing to mount over cross-border militancy and territorial security.
