Pakistan says 13 Afghan Taliban fighters killed in overnight border clash
Pakistan's information ministry says security forces killed at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel while thwarting an attempted aggression in Balochistan's Gulistan sector overnight, rejecting Kabul's claims about the fighting as fabricated.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on Friday that security forces killed at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel while thwarting an attempted aggression in the Gulistan sector along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border during the night of 24–25 September.
In a post on X, the ministry rejected as “fake and fabricated” Afghanistan’s claim that a Pakistani post near Spin Boldak had been destroyed and that Afghan forces suffered no casualties. “As per actual facts, an attempted Afghan aggression in the Gulistan sector was thwarted on night 24/25 September and during the process and subsequent heavy punishment inflicted on opposing Taliban posts, at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed and several injured,” the ministry said.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed that Pakistan carried out precision air and drone strikes at 10 locations in Afghanistan in response to attempted drone incursions earlier this week. Security sources said Pakistani forces intercepted and shot down eight drones that entered the country’s airspace from Afghanistan — four near the Torkham border and four in mountainous areas around Kohat.
The ministry also released visuals of the incident as evidence of the border engagement. Pakistan has seen a sharp rise in cross-border attacks since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in 2021, and launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq in February 2026 after an October 2025 ceasefire failed to hold.
Sources
- Geo News: “13 Taliban fighters killed as security forces thwart border aggression” — https://www.geo.tv/latest/683689-13-taliban-fighters-killed-as-security-forces-thwart-border-aggression
- The News: “Pakistan forces kill several Afghan Taliban fighters after border attack attempt” — https://www.thenews.pk/story/1439265-pakistan-forces-kill-several-afghan-taliban-fighters-after-border-attack-attempt
- Asia News Network (citing state-run APP): “Pakistan security forces kill several Afghan Taliban fighters in retaliatory action along Balochistan border” — https://asianews.network/pakistan-security-forces-kill-several-afghan-taliban-fighters-in-retaliatory-action-along-balochistan-border-sources/
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