Kabul: Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan reached a dangerous peak on Sunday after Kabul claimed to have killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in retaliatory strikes along the frontier, prompting Pakistan to seal multiple border crossings and deploy reinforcements to volatile sectors. The deadly exchange of fire marks one of the most severe confrontations between the two neighbours in recent years, exposing the deepening mistrust and unresolved border disputes that continue to haunt their relations.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence announced that its forces had conducted “decisive retaliatory operations” against Pakistani border posts late Saturday night. The attack, it said, was in response to alleged Pakistani airstrikes earlier in the week that violated Afghan airspace and targeted ci

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