Afghan Taliban clash with Pakistan Army on Durand border Torkham border

Kabul/Peshawar: A clash has been going on between Afghan Taliban and Pakistan Army for the last two days. Besides, the Taliban has closed the Torkham border with Pakistan as a protest. Pakistan had blamed Afghanistan for the terrorist attacks in Pakistan. However, the Taliban has warned that not Afghanistan but Pakistan was responsible for the terrorist activities in their country. Besides, the Taliban has said that the security system of Afghanistan was far better than Pakistan’s.

Moreover, only a few check posts are used for trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan. These include Torkham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan’s Spin Boldak check post. In addition, a large amount of commercial traffic flows through this border. But the Torkham border has been closed indefinitely for the past two days. Furthermore, the Taliban alleged that it had to make a move due to the irresponsible actions of the Pakistan Army.

Two days ago, Pakistani Army had fired in Afghanistan’s direction. The Taliban also opened fire in the direction of a Pakistani patrol. There was a claim that one soldier was injured. There has been no disclosure of the reason behind this conflict. But locals say the border clashes have not completely stopped over the past two days.

Moreover, terrorist attacks have been going on in Pakistan for the past few days. Pakistani policemen were the targets in the major cities of Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi. Of these, the Peshawar Police had accused Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI of being responsible for the blast at the Police Headquarters in Peshawar. Besides, similar suspicions have been expressed about the explosion at a police station in Karachi.

Additionally, Pakistan’s Army claimed that Tehreek-e-Taliban had been behind these attacks. Pakistan has demanded that the Taliban regime in Afghanistan should take action against Tehreek-e-Taliban. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, who participated in the Munich Security Conference last week, had blamed Afghanistan for terrorism in his country. Bhutto had warned that if Afghanistan does not take action against these terrorists, this terrorism will go beyond Pakistan, and other countries will not be left without being engulfed in it.

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