Afghan refugees sit subsequent to their belongings loaded onto autos as they await opening of the border crossing level, which closed following Afghan and Pakistani safety forces exchanged cross border firing, at a camp in Chaman, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan mentioned Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani troopers in in a single day border operations, in response to what it known as repeated violations of its territory and airspace.
Earlier within the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and a market within the nation’s east. Pakistan didn’t declare accountability for the assault.
The Taliban authorities’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, mentioned Afghan forces have captured 25 Pakistani military posts, 58 troopers have been killed, and 30 others wounded.
“The scenario on all official borders and de facto strains of Afghanistan is beneath full management, and unlawful actions have been largely prevented,” Mujahid informed a press convention in Kabul. There was no fast affirmation from Pakistan about casualties.
Pakistan has beforehand struck areas inside Afghanistan, focusing on what it alleges are militant hideouts, however these have been in distant and mountainous areas. The 2 sides have additionally skirmished alongside the border prior to now. Saturday night time’s heavy clashes underscore the deepening tensions.
The Taliban authorities’s Protection Ministry mentioned early Sunday morning its forces had carried out “retaliatory and profitable operations” alongside the border.
“If the opposing aspect once more violates Afghanistan’s territorial integrity, our armed forces are totally ready to defend the nation’s borders and can ship a robust response,” the ministry added.
The Torkham border crossing, considered one of two principal commerce routes between the 2 nations, didn’t open on Sunday at its normal time of 8 am.
The crossing at Chaman, southwest Pakistan, was additionally closed. Folks, together with Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan, had been turned away as a result of worsening safety scenario.
An Related Press reporter in Chaman heard jets over Spin Boldak, a metropolis in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, and noticed smoke rising after an explosion.
Regional powers name for calm as Pakistan condemns assault
Pakistan accuses Afghan authorities of harboring members of the banned group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. Islamabad says the group carries out lethal assaults inside Pakistan, however Kabul denies the cost, saying it doesn’t permit its territory for use in opposition to different nations.
Earlier than the Afghan declare of casualties, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the assault and mentioned the nation’s military “not solely gave a befitting reply to Afghanistan’s provocations but in addition destroyed a number of of their posts, forcing them to retreat.”
Pakistani safety officers shared movies purporting to point out destroyed Afghanistan checkposts, however the footage couldn’t be independently verified as a result of the media doesn’t have entry to those areas.
The Saudi International Ministry issued a press release late Saturday, calling for “restraint, avoidance of escalation and the adoption of dialogue and knowledge to assist de-escalate tensions and preserve the safety and stability of the area.”
Saudi Arabia simply reached a mutual protection pact with Pakistan, which apparently put the dominion beneath Islamabad’s nuclear umbrella following Israel’s assault on Qatar.
Qatar additionally expressed concern in regards to the escalating tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A senior Pakistani safety official, talking on situation of anonymity as a result of he was not licensed to speak to the media, mentioned Afghan forces opened fireplace in a number of northwestern border areas within the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, together with the districts of Chitral, Bajaur, Mohmand, Angoor Adda and Kurram.
The official additionally mentioned troops responded with heavy weaponry close to Tirah in Khyber district and throughout the frontier in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.
The 2 nations share a 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border generally known as the Durand Line, however Afghanistan has by no means acknowledged it.
