Taliban killed three Pakistani soldiers over Durand line dispute
14 Sep 2022 17:25:18
Fresh clashes have been reported along the Durand line between Pakistani and Afghanistan's Taliban forces in which three Pakistani soldiers have been killed by the Taliban.
As per Bilal Karimi, the Taliban's deputy spokesperson, Clashes between Pakistani and Talibani forces broke out when Pakistani forces started some construction work of an outpost along the Durand line and Talibani forces approached them to warn for not moving head with any sort of construction works along the border, upon which the Pakistani forces opened fire on the Talibani forces. In retaliatory fire, three of the Pakistani soldiers were killed.
However, the Taliban spokesperson added that the whole issue has been shared with the Pakistani forces to prevent any sort of construction works for military facilities along the border.
It is to be mentioned here this is third such clash with in a year between Pakistani and Talibani forces along the border. Earlier this year on April 23, Pakistani army had claimed that three of it's soldier's were killed in the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a cross border attack from Afghanistan.