Security forces repulsed an attack by the Afghan Taliban in Balochsitan on Wednesday, killing around 15 to 20 Afghan Taliban, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
According to a statement by the ISPR, Afghan Taliban “resorted to cowardly attack[s] at four locations in [the] Spin Boldak area” in the early hours of Wednesday. “The attack was effectively repulsed by Pakistani forces,” the statement said.
It added that as Pakistani troops repelled the attack,15 to 20 Afghan Taliban were killed and several other were injured.
“The situation is still developing. There are reports of further buildup at staging points of Fitna-al-Khwarij and [the] Afghan Taliban,” the statement said.
Fitna-al-Khwarij is the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Previously, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid alleged in a post on social media platform X that Afghan forces were “forced to retaliate” after cross-border attacks by Pakistani forces in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. In his statement in Pashto, he further claimed that 13 people were killed and over 100 were injured in the attacks carried out by Pakistani forces with the use of “light and heavy weapons”.
He also posted two videos along with this statement on X, with one showing a tank moving on a road and the other showing destroyed structures. Mujahid did not share any details about the videos, which Dawn.com has not been able to verify independently.
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