Overview

• Fresh fighting erupted in Kurram on Tuesday night after Pakistani state media said Afghan Taliban and TTP fighters opened unprovoked fire on a border post.
• Pakistan’s security sources reported multiple Taliban tank positions and posts destroyed, with video circulated purporting to show precision strikes; an Afghan official in Khost confirmed clashes without details.
• The army and state outlets also claimed a key TTP commander was killed and a training facility was hit, assertions not independently verified.
• Border crossings remain closed after weekend exchanges as Pakistan says 23 soldiers were killed and it inflicted over 200 militant deaths, figures disputed by Kabul, which claims higher Pakistani losses.
• Islamabad briefed resident ambassadors on its security concerns, warned of immediate retaliation for future attacks, and publicly referred to Kabul as the Taliban regime as regional states urged restraint.