Overview

• Heavy exchanges were reported late Saturday across multiple frontier points including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Dir, Chitral and Baramcha, with both sides releasing videos of artillery and gunfire.
• Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry called the attacks a retaliatory operation for airspace violations and said it concluded around midnight local time, while Pakistani officials described ongoing strong counterfire.
• Claims diverged sharply, with Taliban officials asserting captures of Pakistani outposts and Islamabad saying several Afghan posts were destroyed, and independent verification remained limited.
• Pakistani security sources cited by RFE/RL reported three soldiers and one civilian killed and five soldiers wounded; Afghan casualty figures were not confirmed.
• Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia urged restraint and dialogue as tensions rose over Kabul’s accusations about airstrikes and Pakistan’s long-standing charge that the Taliban shelter TTP militants.