Afghan security forces attacked Pakistani border posts late on Saturday in response to what the Taliban government called repeated violations of its territory and airspace, underscoring deepening security tensions between the neighbours.

Afghan state-run media said over a dozen Pakistani soldiers were killed, but there was no immediate confirmation from Islamabad. Several unconfirmed social media posts, accompanied by purported visuals, claimed that an aircraft belonging to the Pakistani military was shot down by the Afghan Taliban.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned what he called as "provocations" by Afghanistan and vowed a "strong" response, while Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi warned that Kabul would be given a “befitting reply like India,” a reference to the crisis e

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