10th day of border fighting: Taliban, Pakistani forces clash again in east
Fighting reported in Paktika as border clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban enters its tenth day.
Fighting reported in Paktika as border clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban enters its tenth day.
Taliban defense ministry says coordinated assaults targeted dozens of Pakistani outposts across six border provinces.
Volker Turk warned that escalating clashes are worsening the humanitarian crisis for civilians on both sides of the border.
Fighting and airstrikes have affected 10 provinces and displaced more than 100,000 people, the United Nations says.
Taliban officials say several Pakistani outposts were seized as fighting along the border entered its ninth day.
Taliban Defense Ministry spokesman says their forces attacked several Pakistani border posts as clashes entered an eighth day.
Local sources report scattered clashes in several provinces and civilian casualties in Spin Boldak as cross-border fighting intensifies.
Nearly 66,000 people have been displaced as fighting between Pakistan and the Taliban disrupts aid operations and damages humanitarian facilities.
Aid agencies cite limited access to border areas as fighting enters its eighth day.
Civilian casualties were also reported in Spin Boldak as cross-border clashes entered their seventh day.