Iran Press/Asia: During the clash that occurred in the Khost and Paktia western border provinces of Afghanistan with Pakistan, on Saturday, Pakistani forces fired shells at the Afghan soil which led to the killing of three Afghans and the injury of some others, Afghanistan's Tolo News Agency reported.
In the wake of the Pakistani attack, the Afghan forces launched counter-attacks which led to heavy damage to the Pakistani side of the clash.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani media highlighted the heavy exchange of fire between the Pakistani border guards and the Taliban's forces of Afghanistan in the Paktia-Korm border region early morning on Sunday; they reported one killed and 7 injured on the Pakistani side with three being killed and 9 others injured in the Afghan side.
The Spokesman of the Taliban told AFP on Wednesday that a plane crashed in a border province in eastern Afghanistan had killed 46 people, and that the Afghan Ministry of Defense pledged to avenge the attack on Islamabad.
The recent attack came after the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which shares an ideology with its Afghan counterparts, claimed responsibility last week for an attack on a Pakistani army outpost near the border with Afghanistan, which, according to Pakistani Intelligence, killed 16 soldiers.
Since the Taliban re-took power in Afghanistan in 2021, Pakistan has been struggling with the increasing violence of the pugnacity-seekers along with its western borders with Afghanistan.
Islamabad has time and again accused the Taliban of sheltering the TTP extremists and claims that the Taliban let the pugnacious elements attack Pakistani soil without any prosecution or punishment.
Kabul, in response, has denied these accusations and pledged to expel foreign militant groups from the Afghan territories.
Khost is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan located in the southeastern part of the country. Historically, Khost used to be a part of Paktia, and a larger region surrounding Khost is still referred to as Loya Paktia.
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