Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday called for a diplomatic resolution to tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan during a phone call with the Taliban foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi
Pakistan’s information minister said that at least 527 Taliban fighters have been killed and 755 others wounded since the start of the clashes between Pakistani forces and the Taliban.
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 United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that 56 civilians have been killed and 129 others injured as a result of armed clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, said a freight train carrying commercial goods from Iran arrived in Herat Province overnight.
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's prime minister, urged the Taliban and Pakistan to avoid escalating tensions and resolve their differences through dialogue and negotiations.
Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban, said three civilians were killed and three others wounded in Pakistani attacks over the past 24 hours.
The Taliban Supreme Court said 39 people were flogged over the past week on various charges in several provinces of Afghanistan.
Sediqullah Nasrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban Ministry of Defense, said Taliban forces carried out an airstrike early Thursday on the general headquarters of Frontier Corps in the Kuchlak area of Balochistan Province.
Sediqullah Nasrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban Ministry of Defense, said clashes with Pakistan continued overnight in seven Afghan provinces.
Military clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan entered a seventh day on Wednesday, 4 March. The tensions began after cross-border attacks by the Taliban, which the group described as retaliatory.
The UN humanitarian office in Afghanistan says ongoing clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan have increased the needs of Afghan women and expanded emergency support programmes.
Media outlets affiliated with the Taliban reported that Taliban forces attacked Pakistani border troops in Balochistan in response to Pakistani airstrikes on Kandahar.
Several civil society and human rights organisations have expressed concern over rising tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan, calling for an immediate ceasefire, the protection of civilians and the start of political dialogue to end the clashes.
Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting, said at least 481 fighters from the Taliban have been killed since the start of the clashes between the two sides.
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister, held talks with China's ambassador, Zhao Xing on the security situation and the ongoing conflict with Pakistan.
Clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan entered a sixth day on Tuesday, in what has become the most intense direct confrontation between the two sides in recent years.
The World Food Programme said it has suspended operations in border areas following clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan, affecting about 160,000 vulnerable families.
A US-based Iranian human rights organisation said more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in Iran since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against the Islamic Republic on 28 February.
The Taliban’s Defence Ministry said its forces attacked Pakistani border troops in Kandahar Province overnight.
Sources say Pakistani border forces have attacked Taliban checkpoints along the frontier in Zabul Province.
The United Nations has warned that about 200,000 additional Afghan children are expected to suffer acute malnutrition this year as foreign aid declines and tensions escalate along the border with Pakistan.