Pakistan has long accused the Afghan Taliban of allowing TTP fighters to use Afghan territory to launch cross-border assaults which Kabul continues to deny, maintaining that Afghanistan is not being used against any neighbour.

Heavy fighting broke out late Tuesday between Pakistani security forces and the Afghan Taliban near the border in Kurram district, according to Pakistan’s state media. State broadcaster PTV News reported that Afghan Taliban fighters and members of Fitna al-Khawarij, the term Pakistan uses for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), opened unprovoked fire on Pakistani troops. The Pakistani Army retaliated with full force, leading to intense clashes along the frontier.

PTV said the Afghan Taliban suffered heavy losses, including the destruction of at least one tank, fo

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