KURRAM: Despite the difficult situation, Tuesday was comparatively quieter than Monday, when conflicts along the border were sparked by Pakistani military airstrikes in Afghanistan. Guns on both sides of the border, with the exception of the Angoor Adda border, stayed silent.
Eight individuals were reportedly killed when Pakistan attacked insurgent hideouts in the provinces of Khost and Paktika early on Monday morning, according to the Afghan interim administration.
The Hafiz Gul Bahadur gang, which recently attacked security troops in North Waziristan, was the target of the strikes, according to the Foreign Office, which verified them.
Afghanistan forces retaliated to the airstrikes by using heavy weaponry, like as mortars, to target troops in Kurram and North Waziristan, which are located over the border.
“Temporary truce” in Kurram; sporadic reports of conversations in Angoor Adda; trade is still halted
In response, the security personnel used the identical coin. Numerous border crossings were closed as a result of the hostilities, and they remained closed on Tuesday as well.
Due to a temporary truce, the guns in Kurram were silent, but trade and daily life were nevertheless disrupted by the closure of the Pak-Afghan border and local educational institutions.
In Kurram district, local elders on both sides of the border worked to bring about a temporary truce on Monday night.
At their Tuesday meeting, the elders once more concluded that diplomatic channels should be used by both nations to resolve the situation.
Local elder Syed Asghar told Dawn that fighting has forced people to flee their houses and caused damage to residents on both sides of the border. According to him, both nations ought to use caution and try to settle their differences diplomatically.
Conversely, for the second day, trade was also suspended at the Kurram border crossing with Kharlachi.
Clashes in the hilly regions of the Lower South Waziristan border crossing at Angoor Adda broke the generally quiet situation along the border. There was fear in the region as a result of the firefight, but no damage was reported.
Dawn was informed by a Wana police official that although there were no reports of damage, the shells had fallen close to both sides’ shelters. Apart from the disturbance of commercial operations in Angoor Adda Bazaar, the circumstances also had an impact on the relationships between the populations residing on both sides of the border.
A Taliban spokesman claims that border skirmishes have ceased, according to AFP. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban leadership, told AFP that “the situation is calm, the fighting has stopped.” The agency was informed by a senior police officer in Kurram, a district bordering Pakistan, that mortar rounds were fired into the area by Afghan security forces.
The officer, who wished to remain anonymous, stated, “As a result, three security posts and five houses of civilians suffered partial damage, with nine individuals, including four security personnel wounded.”
“The border is quiet today, and security personnel have fortified their positions.” Since the Taliban regime took control in 2021, border tensions between the two nations have progressively increased.
Islamabad has said that the Taliban regime in Kabul is providing sanctuary to insurgents and enabling them to launch unrestricted attacks on Pakistani territory.
