Afghan forces opened unprovoked fire at multiple locations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, prompting a forceful and befitting response by the Pakistan Army that destroyed several Afghan posts and killed dozens of their soldiers and militants, security sources said on Saturday.

According to officials, the coordinated assault originated from across several key sectors, including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Dir, Chitral in K-P, and Baramcha in Balochistan. The firing, the officials claimed, was aimed at facilitating the illegal entry of Khawarij — the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — into Pakistani territory.

“Pakistan Army posts responded immediately and decisively,” security sources said. “The counteroffe

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