Pakistan’s government and Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday after fresh clashes broke out this week, killing more than a dozen civilians and troops.
Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, after firefights between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Both Pakistan and Afghanistan have blamed each other for why fighting broke out on their shared border this weekend – resulting in the worst conflict either side has seen since the Taliban took over Kabul in 2021, Reuters reported.
The 2,600-kilometer border has long seen regular clashes over land disputes, but since the Taliban takeover in 2021, Islamabad has accused the Taliban of providing a safe haven for anti-Pakistani militants.
The Taliban claimed on Wednesday that Pakistani forces launched attacks in the town of Spin Boldak in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, which sits right on the shared border, and said more than a dozen civilians were killed and 100 others injured.
An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, after firefights between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Pakistan also claimed that four of its citizens were injured in attacks by Taliban forces in Chaman, the district directly opposite Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak, Reuters reported.
More fighting apparently broke out between troops and militants in a second area in Pakistan’s northern Orakzai district, where Islamabad said six Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed and two security officials were injured.
Nine militants were also reportedly killed after violence reportedly broke out during a raid by Pakistani forces in an area attacked by militants last week, killing 11 Pakistani soldiers.
Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, after firefights between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, October 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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