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Pakistan and Afghan troops exchanged fire! Pakistani officials: Taliban fired heavy weapons and artillery, hundreds of families fled the border overnight

2024-08-14

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Editors of Every Economic Report: Sun Zhicheng and Zhang Jinhe

According to a report by Reference News on August 13, citing the German News Agency, officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan said:One of the two main border crossings between the two countries was closed on the 13th after a deadly exchange of fire between the two armies.

According to reports, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Mufti Abdul Mateen said that Pakistani troops opened fire on the homes of Afghan civilians near the Dolham border.At least three Afghan civilians were killed

Pakistani border official Sheikh Ali told the German News Agency that Taliban militants used heavy weapons and artillery fire, injuring at least seven civilians on the Pakistani side.

Ali said that after the conflict began,Hundreds of Pakistani families fled their homes from villages near the border overnight.

On August 13, 2024, local time, in Nangarhar Province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, the border was closed after Pakistan and Afghan Taliban militants exchanged fire in the Torkham border area. Image source: Visual China