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The incident has triggered heavy cross-border fighting, with Afghan forces claiming to have launched retaliatory strikes and seized multiple Pakistani military positions.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the official spokesperson for Afghanistan foreign ministry, accused Pakistani forces of opening fire using both light and heavy weapons, targeting civilian areas.

“Unfortunately, this morning, Pakistani forces once again launched attacks with light and heavy weapons on Afghanistan in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, as a result of which more than 12 civilians were martyred and more than 100 were injured,” Mujahid said in a statement.

In response to the attack, Afghan forces launched a retaliatory operation targeting Pakistani military positions along the contested border zone.

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