Seven to eight Taliban forces were killed along the Durand Line in Upper Kurram district; the Taliban targeted Pakistani border posts using light and heavy weaponry. In the clashes, one Pakistani soldier died and 11 others were wounded.

At least seven to eight Taliban personnel were killed along the Durand Line in Upper Kurram district on Saturday after Afghan Taliban forces launched an attack on Pakistani border posts in the Ghozgarhi, Matha Sangar, Kot Ragha, and Tari Mengal areas, using both light and heavy weaponry, local reports said.

Following deadly Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan's Paktika province, tensions have escalated between the two nations. Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Pakistan's Charge d'Affaires,

Afghanistan has strongly condemned Pakistan for violating its sovereignty following a series of airstrikes on its eastern Paktika province on Tuesday night, saying at least 51 people have been killed in the attacks,

Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said those killed in the strikes that targeted four locations in Barmal, were refugees, adding that six others were also wounded.

A Pakistan paramilitary soldier was killed and 11 others injured when Afghan Taliban forces fired on Pakistani border posts in Upper Kurram district. The clash followed Pakistan’s strikes against TTP militants in Afghanistan.