Overview

• Afghanistan’s Taliban Ministry of Defense said its forces attacked Pakistani border troops and captured three border posts before halting operations around midnight local time.
• Pakistan said its security forces fought at more than six locations along the frontier and destroyed several Afghan positions in response to cross-border fire.
• Video circulated by Pakistani security officials showed guns and artillery firing toward Afghanistan in nighttime exchanges.
• The Afghan broadcaster Tolonews reported twelve Pakistani soldiers killed, a figure not corroborated by official sources.
• Unnamed Pakistani intelligence sources told dpa the reported strike aimed at TTP leader Noor Wali Mehsud, underscoring tensions over alleged militant sanctuaries.