New Delhi: Fresh clashes have erupted between Afghan Taliban and Pakistani forces at the international border leading to reported casualties on Taliban side. Videos of the heavy clashed between the two sides have emerged on social media.
The new videos show Pakistan forces launching heavy rocket attacks against Taliban posts on the border. Th videos further shows the Pakistani army hitting Taliban border posts with Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) and artillery fire at multiple posts subsequently destroying them. There are reports of heavy casualties inflected on Taliban side.
Clashes in Kurram and North Waziristan
The clashed reportedly took place at Kurram and North Waziristan on the Pakistan-Afghanistan International border. The Pakistani army has claimed that it has killed at least 20 Taliban fighters and destroyed six of their posts. The Pakistan army also claimed to have captured at least 40 Taliban fighters.
The clashed video also shows huge plume of smoke billowing from the Taliban posts after they were hit by Pakistan forces.
Taliban retaliation to Pak attacks
On Saturday, the Afghan Taliban retaliated to the initial Pakistani attacks targeting several posts of the Pak army. The Pakistani aerial attacks days earlier had killed nearly a dozen people in Afghan territory. While confirming the casualties deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said most of the victims were women and children. At least six people were also injured in Pakistani attacks.
Pakistan has repeatedly accused Afghan Taliban of sheltering the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) militants who have targeted Pakistan army in the border area of Afghan-Pakistan border.
Successive Afghan governments have repeatedly refused to recognise the internationally recognised Durand Line which divides Afghanistan and Pakistan. The border divides Afghan Pashtun community on both sides of the border.
