Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday warned Pakistan that Kabul has “other options” if it does not want peace, amid border clashes that have left over 50 Pakistani soldiers killed, and 19 Afghan border posts captured by Pakistan.

Muttaqi said that Afghanistan has no issues with the civilians but “few elements in Pakistan are creating tensions.”

Cross-border attacks come after the Afghan capital was targeted by Pakistani air strikes on Thursday, an attack that Kabul blamed on Islamabad. Key border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been closed after fierce clashes. Afghanistan officials say their forces killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, a figure Pakistan put at 23. Pakistan says its security forces captured 19 Afghan border pos

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