New violence on Pakistan-Afghan border kills more than a dozen civilians and troops

Fresh fighting broke out Wednesday along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing more than a dozen civilians and troops to shatter a fragile peace after weekend clashes that killed dozens

Fresh fighting broke out Wednesday along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing more than a dozen civilians and troops to shatter a fragile peace after weekend clashes that killed dozens.

The weekend fighting was the worst between the neighbors since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in 2021, despite regular clashes between their security forces along the contested 1,600-mile frontier.

The Afghan Taliban said more than a dozen of its civilians were killed and 100 wounded as Pakistani forces launched attacks in the early hours of Wednesday in the district of Spin Boldak.

Pakistan said four of its civilians were wounded in attacks by “Taliban forces” in the district of Chaman, which is opposite Spin Boldak across the border.

Fighting between troops and militants in a second incident in Pakistan’s border district of Orakzai killed six Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and wounded six, two security officials told Reuters.