Border tensions rise: 'Heavy clashes' against Pakistan on border areas with Afghanistan, says Taliban; calls it 'retaliation for air strikes'

The Taliban forces said "heavy" clashes erupted along the Afghanistan- Pakistan borde. The details on nature of the clash or the exact magnitude remains unclear. Pakistan has also not confirmed any details around the same. “In retaliation for the air strikes by Pakistani forces,” Taliban border forces in the east “engaged in heavy clashes against Pakistani forces’ posts in various border areas,” the Afghan military said in a statement, quoted by AFP. This comes after the recent tense situation prevailing between the two nations. The Taliban government on Friday accused Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes on a border town, alleging a breach of Afghanistan’s sovereignty after two late-night explosions in Kabul. “Pakistan violated Afghanistan’s airspace, bombing a civilian market i