On Saturday evening, Pakistan and Afghanistan clashed along the border. Both sides demanded victims. While Afghanistan said that 58 Pakistani soldiers died in heavy border clashes, Islamabad shared a much smaller figure and said that 23 of their soldiers were killed in clashes.
What happens between Pakistan and Afghanistan? What led to border clashes? How many soldiers and civilians have been killed? Here’s what we know so far:
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Pakistan and Afghanistan clashes: How did the situation escal?
According to Pakistani security officials and the Taliban, Pakistan reportedly carried out air strikes in the capital of Afghanistan in Kabul and the market in East Afghanistan. He focused on what was allegedly militant shelters.
Pakistan officially did not recognize air strikes, but asked Taliban to limit the activities of Pakistan Taliban.
Pakistani security officer told Reuters that air strikes were carried out and their intended goal in Kabul was the leader Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who traveled in the vehicle. He could not verify it independently whether the leader Noor Wali Mehsud survived.
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Meanwhile, the Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban government, said the incident was “airspace violation”.
This started retaliatory attacks by the Taliban. Afghan troops launched fire at Pakistani border positions late on Saturdays and performed retaliatory operations against Pakistani positions along the controversial Durand line.
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“If the contradictory party again violates the territorial integrity in Afghanistan, our armed forces are fully prepared to defend the boundaries of the nation and provide a strong response,” the Ministry of Defense said soon on Sunday morning.
In its statement, the Pakistani army said in the intervening night from the 11th-12th. October, Afghan Taliban and Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) “launched an unprovoked attack on Pakistan along the then-Afghan border”.
Afghan forces reportedly aimed at Pakistani contributions in Angoor Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Dir and Chitral in Khyber thenhtunkhwa and Baramch in Balochistan.
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Radio Pakistan’s State broadcaster announced that the army responded to permanent fire from the Afghan side focused on these Pakistani functions.
The exchanges were mostly on Sunday morning, Pakistani security officials said. But in the Pakistani region of the Kurram, according to local officials and residents, Reuters, Reuters reported.
The Taliban armed security staff holds the guards near the closed gate of the border crossing with the zero point between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Spin Boldak district in the Kandahar 12 October 2025. (Photo from Sanullah Seiam / AFP)
Kábul “pauses” for now
Kabul said on Sunday that at the request of Qatar and Saudi Arabia stopped attacks. Two Arab Gulf nations published a statement of concern about clashes.
“There is no threat in any part of Afghanistan,” said Taliban spokesperson for the administration of Zabihullah Mujahid. “The Islamic Emirate and People from Afghanistan will defend their country and remain definitely and commit in this defense.”
“The situation on all official borders and de facto lines in Afghanistan is under complete control and illegal activities have been largely prevented,” Mujahid said at a press conference in Kabul.
Mujahid, however, said that fighting in some areas is taking place.
The Taliban security staff holds a rocket rocket (RPG) when it stands along the road in the Zaai Maidan district in Khost province near Afghanistan-Pakistan 12 October 2025.
How many were killed in conflict in Pakistan-Afghanistan this week?
Afghanistan said he killed 58 Pakistani soldiers on Sunday at night border operations. However, the Pakistani army said at least 23 Pakistani soldiers and more than 200 Taliban and associated terrorists were killed in intensive clashes overnight along the Pakistan-Afghanistani border.
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The main spokesman for the Taliban government, Zabihullah Mujahid, was quoted that the Afghan forces had caught 25 Pakistani army, so 30 Pakistani soldiers were injured.
On the other hand, Pakistan confiscated 19 Afghan military functions and “terrorist shelters” in response to what, according to PTI, he called “unprovoked” attacks of Afghan forces in border areas.
Origin of the conflict of Pakistan-Afghanistan
1. Militant safe paradise, cross -border terrorism
Pakistan accuses the Afghan authorities for the mismatch of members of the forbidden group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Islamabad says the group performs deadly attacks inside Pakistan.
However, the cabul denies the accusation and stated that it does not allow the use of its territory against other countries. “There is no TTP presence in Afghanistan,” Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday.
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Militance in the northwest Khyber then increased from the withdrawal of American soldiers from neighboring Afghanistan in 2021 and the return of the Taliban government.
Pakistani political analyst Mehmood Jan Babar said Al Jazeera on Sunday that the clashes were lit by an “growth” of attacks on Pakistani soldiers in the last few weeks.
The vast majority of attacks are claimed by Pakistani Taliban (TTP), whose campaign against the security forces of Pakistan has intensified this year – in more than ten years it is the deadliest.
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2. Durand line
Another point of the dispute between them is the Durand line. He recognizes him Pakistan, but not Afghanistan, Al Jazeera informed.
Afghanistan rejected the Durand line, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which the British attracted in the 19th century according to Al Jazeer. Taliban considers this to be a dividing border between the pâtés on both sides of the border.
Muttaqi “The Afghanistani -Pakistani border, the Durand line is more than 2,400 km. If Pakistan wants peace, they have a larger army and better intelligence – why don’t they control it? ”
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3. Complicated history
Afghanistan has a complicated history with Pakistan. While Pakistan welcomed the Taliban in Kabul as a natural ally, the Taliban government turns out to be less cooperative than Pakistan hoped, according to Al Jazeer.
The current Taliban regime is trying to cope with the rhetoric of the nation because it seeks to create a “government” as a metamorphosis from the combat group. The regime is also trying to establish relationships beyond the difficult reliance on Pakistan.
Afghan Minister warns Pakistan
Afghanistani Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is currently in India, warned Pakistan on Sunday that Kabul had “other options” if he did not want peace, in the middle of the border clashes.
Muttaqi said that Afghanistan remains united if he gets under the attack.
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“When someone tries to interfere with our inner affairs, all civilians, government heads, Ulemas and all religious leaders will combine to fight for the country … Afghanistan is in conflict for 40 years … Afghanistan is finally free and works for peace …
Meanwhile, Ishaq Dar, a Pakistani Foreign Minister, said he expected that “the Taliban government would take specific measures against terrorist elements and their perpetrators who want to derail the Pak-Afghan relations”.
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