Afghanistan’s Taliban claim to have carried out gunshots and shellfire against Pakistani border positions, with reports that civilians in Balochistan sustained injuries.
While Pakistan’s military says it downed four low‑flying drones, it warns that further provocation will elicit a fitting response.
The escalation is the latest in a series of incidents after Pakistan launched airstrikes on Afghan territory that the United Nations says killed 28 civilians.
Tensions flare as both governments accuse each other; Kabul insists Pakistan’s attacks are unprovoked and cost civilians, whereas Islamabad says only militants are targeted.
Previous clashes in the months before this decade’s ceasefire have left dozens dead – from stabbings at a Kabul drug rehabilitation centre to Pakistani air raids that later killed 26 militants and 13 Afghan civilians.
The region’s fragile calm now threatens to unravel as heavier fire exchanges and swift retaliatory measures loom.
