15 Afghan civilians, Taliban commander, 6 Pak troops killed in fresh border clashes: Reports

At least 15 Afghanistan civilians and six Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed in a fresh clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Afghan border that erupted Tuesday night, reports said on Wednesday, citing security officials.

While Reuters reported at least six Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed in a clash with militants near the Afghan border, Afghan officials told AFP news agency that 15 civilians were dead and dozens were injured in the fresh violence on the border between the two countries.

This comes days after the two countries clashed last weekend after Afghanistan launched revenge strikes on Pakistan, responding to an attack in Afghani capital Kabul that the country blamed the latter for.

Pakistan said it responded with full force to the “unprovoked” firing in the northwestern Kurram region, killing many Taliban and damaging their forward posts and a tank, sources report quoted state-run Pakistan Television as saying on X, citing unidentified security people.

Sources reported that an important leader of the Pakistani Taliban, a local offshoot of the Afghan Taliban, was killed in the retaliatory attack.