Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed

Pakistani 'airstrikes in Kabul' triggered retaliatory attacks

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A man walks past parked vehicles with belongings of Afghan citizens, as they head back to their country, after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries in Chaman, the Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan October 12, 2025. © Reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -- Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Sunday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbours since the Taliban came to power in Kabul.

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