People stroll previous parked automobiles with belongings of Afghan residents, as they head again to their nation, after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan, following exchanges of fireplace between the forces of the 2 nations in Chaman | Photo Credit: Reuters
Afghan troops opened hearth on Pakistani border posts late on Saturday (October 11, 2025), with the nation’s Ministry of Defence saying this was in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan earlier within the week. Pakistan mentioned that it had responded with gun and artillery hearth.
Afghanistan mentioned it had killed 58 Pakistani troopers, however gave no particulars on the way it knew of the casualty figures. It additionally mentioned that 20 Afghan troops have been killed or injured.
There was no speedy response from Pakistan. Pakistani safety officers mentioned they’d inflicted casualties on Afghan drive however gave no quantity.
Both nations claimed to have destroyed border posts of the opposite facet. Pakistani safety officers shared video footage, which they mentioned confirmed Afghan posts being hit.
The change of fireplace was largely over on Sunday (October 12, 2025) morning, Pakistani safety officers mentioned. But in Pakistan’s Kurram space, intermittent gunfire continued, in response to native officers and residents.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence had beforehand mentioned that their operation had completed at midnight native time.
Kabul mentioned on Sunday (October 12, 2025) that it had halted assaults on the request of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The two Arab Gulf nations had launched statements of concern concerning the clashes.
“There is no kind of threat in any part of Afghanistan’s territory,” the Taliban administration’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, mentioned Sunday (October 12, 2025). “The Islamic Emirate and the people of Afghanistan will defend their land and remain resolute and committed in this defence.”
Ms. Mujahid mentioned that preventing was ongoing in some areas.
Islamabad accuses the Taliban administration of harbouring militants who assault Pakistan, a cost that Kabul denies.
Border closure
Pakistan’s two primary border crossings with Afghanistan, at Torkham and Chaman, have been closed on Sunday (October 12, 2025), native officers mentioned. At least three minor crossings, at Kharlachi, Angoor Adda and Ghulam Khan, have been additionally closed, native officers mentioned.
There was no speedy remark from Kabul on the closing of the border. Landlocked Afghanistan has a 2,600-km (1,600-mile) -long border with Pakistan.
The Pakistani airstrikes, not formally acknowledged by Islamabad, had focused the chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group in Kabul on Thursday (October 9, 2025), in response to a Pakistani safety official. It is unclear if he survived.
The TTP has been preventing to overthrow the Islamabad authorities and substitute it with a strict Islamic-led system of governance. Mr. Mujahid on Sunday (October 12, 2025) denied that TTP fighters have been allowed to function from Afghan soil.
Published – October 12, 2025 02:37 pm IST
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