Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes: The mountains along the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier echoed with heavy gunfire through October 11 night. Border outposts burned. Soldiers fell on both sides. By dawn, both governments were claiming victory and accusing the other of starting one of the deadliest cross-border battles in recent years.

The Taliban government in Kabul said its fighters killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in “retaliatory strikes” that began late Saturday. Pakistan’s army confirmed 23 deaths but claimed it had destroyed 21 Afghan posts and killed more than 200 Taliban and affiliated militants.

What triggered the battle is still tangled in accusation and denial, but the fighting has laid bare how deep the rift between the two uneasy neighbours has become.

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