Pakistan Army gave a befitting reply to the unprovoked aggression from Afghan Taliban at the Pak-Afghan border since 7th of this month, killing 16 Afghan Taliban and injuring 27 others, said state media on Tuesday.
According to state owned Radio Pakistan, Afghan Taliban started unprovoked firing from the 7th of this month from the Palosin area adjacent to Pak-Afghan border in the North with heavy weapons and targeted Pakistani check posts.
It claimed that the clashes killed 16 Afghan Taliban and injured 27 others.
The unprovoked firing continued for two days while the Pakistan Army gave a befitting reply to the firing. It quoted security sources as saying that two tanks of the Afghan Taliban were also destroyed.
Due to the tense security situation, trade between the two countries remained suspended.
Earlier in May, the Foreign Office conveyed its concerns to Kabul after a large number of locals were displaced in the Kharlachi border crossing between the two countries and sought shelter in safer places i
n the wake of clashes between the two neighboring countries.
Source: Kuwait News Agency