Pakistan Says 23 Soldiers Killed in Clashes With Afghan Forces
Taliban security personnel patrol on a Humvee in the Shorabak district near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, on Oct. 12.
Photographer: Sanuallah Seima/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged heavy fire along their shared border, as tensions between the two neighbors escalated after days of clashes and accusations that each had breached the other’s territory.
The Pakistani military said 23 of its soldiers were killed by Afghan forces, and another 29 were injured. That contrasted with an Associated Press report that cited an Afghan spokesman as saying 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed during overnight border operations.