Taliban Claim 58 Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Border Clash
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Tolo News, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, referred to the border clashes between Afghanistan and pakistan. He claimed that during last night’s fighting, 58 Pakistani military personnel were killed and 30 others wounded.
mujahid asserted that “during these retaliatory operations along the Durand Line,” a meaningful amount of weaponry was also seized by the Taliban.
He further stated that nine Afghan soldiers were killed and sixteen injured during these operations, while about twenty Pakistani security posts were destroyed.
The taliban spokesperson added that these operations were halted at midnight following requests from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Mujahid also addressed the presence of ISIS-Khorasan in Pakistan’s Khyber pakhtunkhwa province. He claimed that ISIS-K has been defeated in Afghanistan before relocating its centers into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“ISIS-khorasan training camps have been established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” Mujahid said.”New recruits are transferred there via Karachi and Islamabad airports. Our findings indicate attacks in Iran and Moscow were planned from these centers.”
He alleged recent ISIS-K attacks inside Afghanistan originated from these sites as well, urging Pakistan to hand over key militants of this group to Kabul.
Mujahid added that although Pakistan intended to send a delegation to afghanistan, the proposal was rejected by the Taliban after Pakistani airstrikes on thursday night. He warned that any violation of Afghan sovereignty would not go unanswered.
