Residents flee border area as Afghan and Pakistani forces clash …
1 day ago · PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Residents have fled a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of Tuesday, a Pakistani official said.. It’s the second consecutive day of tit-for-tat gunfire at Torkham, a key crossing between the two countries that has been closed since Feb. 21 because of a dispute between the two neighbors.
Pakistani and Afghan forces clash at vital border crossing
2 days ago · The conflict erupted on the first working day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan when food imports from Pakistan usually peak in Afghanistan. The fighting stranded about 5,000 trucks filled with ...
Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes (2024–present) - Wikipedia
The 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of ongoing armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between Afghanistan and Pakistan.The conflict also separately includes the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and Pakistani Taliban.The skirmishes took place over many locations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, including North Waziristan, South ...
Pakistani, Afghan security forces clash at closed main border …
2 days ago · The Torkham crossing is the main transit artery for travellers and goods between Pakistan and landlocked Afghanistan. Trade between the two countries was worth over $1.6 billion in 2024, according ...
As Pakistan, Afghanistan attack each other, what’s next for …
Dec 30, 2024 · Pakistani military sources confirmed to Al Jazeera that on Tuesday, Pakistan launched air strikes in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, which borders Pakistan’s tribal district of South...
Afghanistan–Pakistan relations - Wikipedia
Afghanistan and Pakistan are neighboring countries. In August 1947, the partition of British India led to the emergence of Pakistan along Afghanistan's eastern frontier; Afghanistan was the sole country to vote against Pakistan's admission into the United Nations following the latter's independence. [3] [4] Territorial disputes along the widely known "Durand Line" …
Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border …
Aug 13, 2024 · ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side of the border, officials said Tuesday.
Tensions Escalate After Pakistan Pounds Afghanistan With …
Jan 1, 2025 · Airstrikes by Pakistani warplanes inside Afghanistan have intensified tensions in recent days in an already volatile region. Once-close ties between Pakistan’s leaders and the Afghan Taliban...
Afghan Taliban hit ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for ...
Dec 28, 2024 · Afghan Taliban forces have targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense said, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardments inside the...
Key Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing remains shut, …
6 days ago · PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A nearly weeklong closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people, causing financial losses to traders and leaving people stranded in …