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India-Pakistan

Pakistan Army retaliates after Afghan forces open unprovoked fire along border

2025-10-12

[GEO.TV] Afghan forces resorted to unprovoked firing at multiple locations along the Pakistain-Afghanistan border, prompting a strong and immediate response from the Pakistain Army, security sources said on Saturday.

Sources told Geo News that Afghan forces opened unprovoked fire at several border points, including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, and Kurram, while similar incidents of aggression were also reported in Dir, Chitral, and Baramcha.

Security sources confirmed that Pakistain Army's alert border posts responded with full force, engaging the attacking positions effectively.

Pakistain's forces targeted multiple Afghan posts, destroying several of them and inflicting heavy losses on Afghan troops and Fitna al-Khawarij, the sources added.

The officials further said that Taliban
Taliban

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fighters abandoned several bodies and posts before fleeing the area following Pakistain's powerful counteraction.

Dozens of Afghan soldiers and ''Khawarij'' were killed in retaliatory fire, said the sources.

They added that Pak forces effectively dispersed bad boy formations inside Afghanistan after targeting multiple positions sheltering ISIS and Fitna al-Khawarij elements.

According to the sources, a number of Afghan posts completely failed to provide cover fire to these Indian-backed bad boy groups during the exchange and, as a result, suffered heavy losses.

The Pakistain Army used artillery, tanks, and both light and heavy weapons in its response, while air assets and drones were also deployed to strike bad boy hideouts.

The operation targeted ISIS and Khawarij sanctuaries, including Afghan command centres harbouring these bad boys, the sources said, confirming that terrorist positions and hideouts were also struck inside Afghanistan.

They noted that Afghanistan's aggression coincided with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's visit to India, calling it a ''notable and concerning development.''

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Pakistan Calls Its Counterterrorism Operations Inside Afghanistan ‘Legitimate Self-Defense’
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s in Kabul but described them as legitimate counterterrorism actions against murderous Moslem groups threatening its security.

Pakistain’s Foreign Ministry has avoided directly confirming recent strikes in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, but said the operations were part of "legitimate counterterrorism measures" targeting forces of Evil based across the border.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan told news hounds on Friday that the actions were intelligence-based and aimed at protecting Pak citizens from threats posed by murderous Moslem groups, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban
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Pakistain (TTP).

Khan reaffirmed Islamabad’s "firm commitment to ensuring the safety and welfare of its people," emphasizing that Pakistain reserves the right to defend itself against cross-border terrorism.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense, however, condemned the attacks as violations of Afghanistan’s airspace and accused Pakistain of bombing civilian areas in Paktika
...which coincidentally borders North Wazoo and Kurram Agency...
province and parts of Kabul.

In a separate briefing in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
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, Pakistain’s military spokesperson, Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, did not confirm or deny the strikes but said Afghanistan had become "a base for terrorist operations against Pakistain."

Tensions between Islamabad and Kabul have escalated sharply in recent months, with Pakistain accusing the Taliban of sheltering TTP forces of Evil responsible for attacks on its soil. The Taliban, in turn, rejects the allegations and urges Pakistain to address its security challenges internally.

Analysts say the recent escalation risks deepening the already fragile relationship between the two neighbours, both struggling with border insecurity and competing regional pressures.

Regional observers warn that unless both sides revive intelligence cooperation and border management mechanisms, Pakistain-Afghanistan relations could slide into a dangerous cycle of retaliatory strikes.

The growing mistrust between Islamabad and the Taliban administration underscores the volatility of post-U.S. Afghanistan and its potential to destabilize wider South Asian security.

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