Pakistan’s army has destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts and military positions in areas bordering South Waziristan and Parachinar, in response to cross-border firing in the Angoor Adda sector. State-run media reported this on Friday, citing security sources. The sources said Pakistani forces used heavy weapons, which led Afghan Taliban personnel to leave their posts and flee. They also said several Afghan Taliban personnel were reportedly killed, but gave no figures on casualties or the extent of the damage.
Earlier mortar strike in Lower South Waziristan
The latest report follows an exchange of fire on October 27. According to Pakistani officials, a mortar shell hit a house in the Angoor Adda area of Lower South Waziristan, killing one local resident and wounding five members of the same family. Several shops in the area were also damaged.
Security sources describe Afghan fire and Pakistani response
Security sources said Afghan forces had opened fire from inside Afghanistan on Pakistani border posts and residential areas, using sniper rifles, small arms and heavy weapons. Pakistani troops responded by striking several Afghan Taliban border posts, mortar positions and defensive bunkers with small arms and artillery. The sources said this response drove Afghan personnel out of several positions.
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Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting later said the military had inflicted heavy casualties and material losses on the Afghan side, including the destruction of seven posts. The ministry dismissed Kabul’s version of events as false.
Kabul disputes Islamabad’s account
Afghanistan’s defence ministry, however, claimed that Pakistani forces had carried out four drone attacks targeting the Angoor Adda bazaar and the district commissioner’s office in Paktika province. Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi condemned the firing from across the border, warning that Pakistan would not tolerate attacks on its people or violations of its sovereignty.
The incident comes amid strained relations over cross-border militancy and repeated clashes along the shared frontier. Islamabad has repeatedly urged the Afghan Taliban authorities to take verifiable action against the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which it accuses of using Afghan territory to plan and launch attacks. Kabul denies letting its territory be used for attacks on other countries and describes militancy in Pakistan as an internal matter. Security sources said Pakistan’s forces remained committed to defending the country and its people, and that there would be no compromise on national security.
