PTI
Islamabad, Updated At: 01:07 PM Dec 06, 2025 IST
A heavy exchange of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces was reported late Friday night along the Chaman border in Balochistan, media said.
Dawn reported injuries at the district hospital but no fatalities. Officials on both sides accused each other of triggering the clash.
Pakistan said Afghan forces fired mortar shells at the Badani area. Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid blamed Pakistan, saying Pakistani forces attacked Spin Boldak and that Taliban forces were responding.
Pakistani sources told Dawn their forces retaliated. There were also unverified reports of fighting on the Chaman-Kandahar highway.
A senior Quetta official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the exchange began around 10 pm and continued into the night. The medical superintendent of Chaman district hospital said three people, including a woman, were brought in with injuries.
There was no immediate comment from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) or the Foreign Office.
The Chaman crossing, known as Friendship Gate, links Pakistan’s Balochistan province with Afghanistan’s Kandahar. Relations between the two countries have worsened amid Pakistani claims that the Afghan regime has not prevented Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from using Afghan territory as a safe haven.
The countries had agreed to a ceasefire after tensions last month, but the Foreign Office later said the truce was not technically in effect because it was conditional on the Afghan Taliban stopping terrorist attacks in Pakistan, which Islamabad says did not occur.
