Just as Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was in India, the 2,600-kilometre Durand Line between Pakistan and the Taliban-ruled nation burst into flames. Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged deadly fire in at least seven locations along the Durand Line. Afghan authorities even accused Pakistan of bombing Kabul. Both sides have claimed to have captured and destroyed border posts in one of the sharpest escalations of violence in recent years.

Border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been closed.

Both sides claimed to have inflicted significantly heavier casualties on the other. Pakistan said it had killed over 200 fighters from the Afghan Taliban and their allies, while Afghanistan maintained it had eliminated 58 Pakistani soldiers , news agency Reuters rep

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