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Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces exchange fire on the Kurram border

File, Apr 2006: Borki village, Kurram, on the Pakistan–Afghanistan border · not from the Oct 17 clashes
Photo: Abbas.Haider355 · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) · CC BY-SA 3.0

On Oct 17, 2026, Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces exchanged fire across the Upper Kurram (Pakistan) and Paktia (Afghanistan) border, in the Taida sector. Pakistani security sources say the Afghan side fired first and Pakistani artillery targeted Taliban positions (named by 24 News HD and SAMAA TV as the Topsar/Tapsar post and Shipola base camp). Afghanistan International cites local sources in Paktia reporting heavy clashes in Dand Wa Patan and casualties on both sides, numbers unknown. Khyber News reported the firing was ongoing with no casualty details. Claims are unverified.

What
Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces exchange fire on the Kurram border
Where
Asia
When
2026-10-17
Source
Khyber News
Credit
Photo: Abbas.Haider355 · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
License
CC BY-SA 3.0
Details
File photo, not the event

militaryPakistan (PK) / Afghanistan (AF)Asia

Sources and credit

  1. Khyber News
  2. Dispatch: the full record

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