In a major escalation of border tensions, firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Saturday, i.e., October 11. Taliban-led Afghanistan forces seized multiple Pakistani Army outposts along the Durand Line, as per the Afghan Ministry of Defence.

"Taliban forces have captured several outposts from the Pakistani Army across the Durand Line in Kunar and Helmand provinces," according to an Afghan Defense official. TOLOnews quotes sources as saying that at least 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed and several others were injured in the ongoing border clashes. Meanwhile, intense fighting was reported in multiple areas, including Bahramcha district’s Shakij, Bibi Jani, and Salehan areas.

The Pakistani troops said that they were responding with "full force" to what they ter

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