Pakistani forces have regained control of the Nawa Pass area following cross-border firing along the Pakistan–Afghanistan frontier.
Officials said troops responded to what they described as unprovoked fire from across the border late Wednesday night in the Nawa Pass sector.
Security sources claimed that Pakistani forces targeted suspected militant positions near the border after the reported firing. They said several fighters were killed and some fortified posts were destroyed during the exchange.
Tensions reportedly increased after intermittent cross-border firing, prompting security forces to raise alert levels in nearby areas.
There has been no immediate response from Afghan authorities regarding the incident. Officials said more details would be released as the situation develops.
Current Pak-Afghan war situation
Pakistan and Afghanistan have seen fresh clashes along their shared border, with both sides reporting military actions and casualties in recent days.
Security sources reported counteractions, including under a newly named operation called Ghazab Lil Haq, aimed at militant infrastructure near areas like Torkham.
Pakistan said Taliban fighters retreated from some positions, leaving key spots, and that its forces had secured around a dozen border posts.
The education minister of the Afghan Taliban regime, Neda Mohammad Nadim, was sent to hell after an airstrike near Spin Boldak.
Tensions escalated after Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan on February 22, targeting what it described as camps and hideouts used by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan Province militants.
Pakistani officials said the strikes were intelligence-based and selective, claiming dozens of militants were killed.
Afghan Taliban authorities reported civilian deaths from those strikes, with at least 18 people killed according to their accounts. They denied the presence of anti-Pakistan militant bases and called the action a violation of sovereignty.
In response, the Taliban said they launched large-scale operations against Pakistani military positions along the border late on February 26.
Taliban spokespeople, including Zabihullah Mujahid, described the moves as retaliation for repeated border violations.
They claimed to have killed numerous Pakistani soldiers and captured several outposts, though exact numbers varied across reports.
Pakistan rejected many of those claims. Its officials said forces gave an immediate and effective response to what they called unprovoked firing from Afghan Taliban fighters.
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