"In a post on X, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid accused Pakistani forces of initiating the border fighting by firing light and heavy weapons at Afghanistan, killing 12 civilians and injuring more than 100. Ali Mohammad Haqmal, a press spokesman in Spin Boldak district, put the civilian death toll at 15. The AFP news agency quoted a district hospital official as saying 80 women and children are among the wounded."
"Mujahid claimed Afghani forces returned fire, killing a large number of Pakistani soldiers, seizing Pakistani weapons and tanks and destroying Pakistani military installations. But Pakistani officials blamed the Afghan Taliban for first firing on a Pakistani military post near the border, causing the clashes that also wounded four of its own civilians. The Reuters news agency quoted unnamed security officials as saying six Pakistani soldiers were killed in the violence."
A brief flare-up spanned southeastern Afghanistan's Spin Boldak district and Pakistan's Chaman district. Clashes between Pakistani and Afghan forces killed and wounded dozens in a remote border area. Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid accused Pakistani forces of initiating the fighting by firing light and heavy weapons, saying 12 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured, while a Spin Boldak spokesman put the civilian death toll at 15 and a hospital official said 80 women and children were among the wounded. Mujahid claimed Afghan forces returned fire, seized Pakistani weapons and tanks, and destroyed Pakistani military installations; Pakistani officials said Taliban forces attacked a post near Chaman, wounding four civilians and, according to unnamed security sources, killing six soldiers. The fighting lasted about five hours before subsiding around 05:30 GMT, and tensions have been high since earlier cross-border exchanges that halted briefly after appeals from Saudi Arabia.
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