Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban government in Afghanistan, announced on Sunday that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed during Saturday night's clash between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the border, Afghanistan's news outlet Tolo News reported. According to Zabihullah, in these clashes, 9 members of the Taliban forces were also killed and 16 others were injured.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s defence minister, Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, warned that Afghan forces are "fully prepared to defend" the country’s borders, a day after deadly "retaliatory" strikes on Pakistani military positions along the Durand Line. Yaqub Mujahid said the Taliban government delivered a "resolute response" to Pakistan ’s "repeated transgressions", targeting military and militia outposts i

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