Taliban Claims Dozens Of Cross-Border Attacks In Pakistan
The Taliban’s Defence Ministry spokesperson said Friday that the group’s forces carried out attacks on 28 locations in Pakistan along the border over the past 24 hours.
The Taliban’s Defence Ministry spokesperson said Friday that the group’s forces carried out attacks on 28 locations in Pakistan along the border over the past 24 hours.
Taliban's defence ministry spokesperson, Enayatullah Khwarizmi said the group's forces launched what he described as “offensive and assault operations” against Pakistani forces in border areas across seven provinces. This includes Kandahar, Nangarhar, Kunar, Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces.
Khwarizmi said Taliban fighters attacked 28 locations along the border and seized and destroyed 14 Pakistani military outposts. He claimed that 109 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 148 others wounded in the attacks.
According to the spokesperson, three Taliban fighters were killed and nine others wounded during the fighting overnight.
Khwarizmi also said Pakistani attacks killed seven civilians in Afghan villages and injured 13 others.
Pakistani authorities have not yet issued an official statement on the reported Taliban attacks.
The Taliban spokesperson added that more than 10 Pakistani military vehicles were destroyed during the clashes. He also claimed that Taliban forces seized “hundreds of light and heavy weapons” from Pakistani troops.
Khwarizmi said Taliban forces also shot down two Pakistani surveillance drones overnight. He added that since the start of the clashes, Taliban fighters have captured and destroyed 64 Pakistani military outposts and seven bases.
He further claimed that a total of 307 Pakistani soldiers have been killed and more than 350 others wounded since the fighting began.
