LIVE: Afghanistan’s Taliban, Pakistan claim inflicting losses in fighting
By Usaid Siddiqui
Published 2025-10-12 01:59 Updated 2025-10-12 05:34 Source: Al Jazeera
- Afghanistan officials claim their forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, a figure Pakistan put at 23.
- Pakistan says its security forces captured 19 Afghan border posts, claiming that more than 200 Taliban and affiliated fighters were killed.
- Cross-border attacks come after the Afghan capital was targeted by air strikes on Thursday, an attack that Kabul blamed on Islamabad.
- Key border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been closed after fierce clashes.