Overview

• Firefights broke out late Oct. 11 at more than six points along the Durand Line, with Taliban officials saying operations ended around midnight local time.
• Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry said its forces acted in response to Pakistani airspace violations and alleged airstrikes in Kabul earlier in the week.
• Pakistan called the Afghan fire unprovoked, said it destroyed multiple Afghan border posts, and reported shooting down suspected explosive‑laden quadcopters.
• Pakistani security sources told RFE/RL that three soldiers and one civilian were killed and five soldiers wounded, while both sides issued conflicting claims about captured or destroyed posts that could not be independently verified.
• Multiple outlets reported earlier Pakistani strikes in Kabul that purportedly targeted TTP leadership without official confirmation, as Saudi Arabia and Iran urged restraint to prevent further escalation.