India, Oct. 15 -- Dozens of troops as well as civilians were killed in fresh clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border that erupted Tuesday night, reports said on Wednesday, citing security officials.

Pakistan's military said two assaults by Afghanistan's Taliban on major border posts in the southwest and northwest were repelled, with about 20 Taliban fighters killed in attacks launched near Spin Boldak on the Afghan side of the frontier in southern Kandahar province early on Wednesday, according to AFP news agency.

"Unfortunately the attack was orchestrated through divided villages in the area, with no regard for the civil population," the report quoted military as saying in a statement. The Pakistan military said about 30 more wer...