Heavy Border Clashes Along Pak-Afghan Border, Then A Taliban Warning

Afghanistan's Taliban forces launched armed reprisals against Pakistani soldiers along the shared border on Saturday, accusing Islamabad of carrying out air strikes on its soil, senior officials from several provinces said Saturday. On Thursday, two explosions were heard in the Afghan capital and another in the southeast of the country. The following day, the Taliban-run defence ministry blamed the attacks on Pakistan, accusing its neighbor of violating its sovereignty. "In retaliation for air strikes carried out by the Pakistani army on Kabul," Taliban forces are engaged " in heavy clashes against Pakistani security forces in various areas" along the border, the Afghan military said in a statement.