Afghanistan, Oct. 15 -- Afghanistan and Pakistan exchanged heavy fire along the Durand Line, officials said, following recent airstrikes and escalating border tensions between Kabul and Islamabad.
Taliban forces and Pakistani troops have exchanged heavy fire along the Durand Line, officials said on Wednesday, as cross-border tensions between Kabul and Islamabad continued to escalate.
Taliban officials in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province said their fighters carried out retaliatory attacks after Pakistani forces allegedly initiated shelling late Monday near the border. "Pakistani troops began the assault, and our forces responded accordingly," said Mostafa Gurbaz, a spokesman for the Taliban governor in Khost. He gave no further de...