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AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-INDIA: RENEWED FLASHPOINT
The Daily Guardian
|October 16, 2025
The overnight clashes of October 11-12, 2025, along the volatile 2,640-kilometre Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan marked one of the deadliest confrontations in recent years, resulting in several deaths and reigniting deep-seated tensionsacross South Asia.

The violence followed Pakistan's controversial airstrikein Kabulon October 9, 2025, which Islamabad claimed targeted Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Noor Wali Mehsud. The attack, however, allegedly struck a crowded civilian market, killing at least 15 noncombatants.
The incident triggered a spiral of artillery exchanges, drone strikes, and cross-border incursions across Pakistan's northern sectors, particularly in Afghanistan's Kunar and Paktika provinces, By dawn on October 12, heavy smoke was visible over Pakistan's Bajaur and Khyber districts, as satellite imagery captured destroyed outposts and damaged fencing. The fighting also paralyzed vital trade arteries, including the Torkhamand Spin Boldak crossings that handle over USD 2.5 billion in annual bilateral commerce, leaving thousands of traders stranded and compounding the economic distressin both countries. As of October 13, a fragile ceasefire mediated by Saudi and Qatari officials was in place, but hostility persisted.
Pakistan's military swiftly characterised its actions as defensive operations, framing its response asa legitimate countermeasure to what it called “unprovoked Taliban aggression” against more than 20 border checkpoints. The Inter-Services Public Relations detailed a series of precision airstrikes and commando raids that reportedly neutralised over 200 Taliban fighters and associated TTP operatives, while dismantling 21 Afghan positions and several terrorist training camps inside Afghan territory. Islamabad confirmed the deaths of 23 Pakistani Security Force (SF) personnel and injuries to 29 others.
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