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People walk past parked vehicles with belongings of Afghan citizens, as they head back to their country, after Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries in Chaman, the Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan Province, in Chaman, Pakistan October 12, 2025. Saeed Ali Achakzai/Reuters
ISLAMABAD—Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Sunday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbours since the Taliban came to power in Kabul.
The Pakistan military said that 23 of its soldiers were killed in the clashes. The Taliban said nine on its side were killed.
