World · South & Central Asia · 13 hrs ago
One killed, five injured in firing in Pakistan border district
Afghan Taliban fire killed one person and injured five in Pakistan’s South Waziristan district, officials said.
The firing hit civilian homes and a market near the border with Afghanistan, and damaged shops in a bazaar.
Pakistani forces said they were responding to the attack.
The two neighbouring countries have faced repeated clashes and rising tensions over militant activity.
Pakistan accuses Afghanistan’s Taliban government of sheltering militants who carry out attacks in Pakistan; Kabul denies allowing this.
The dispute has deepened amid repeated border clashes and Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan this year.
The firing’s trigger was unclear, and there was no immediate comment from Kabul.
One person was killed and five were injured in firing attributed to Afghan Taliban forces in Pakistan’s South Waziristan border district.
The firing hit civilian homes and a market, and the shelling damaged shops in a bazaar, according to Pakistani officials.
A Pakistani local administrator said Pakistani forces were responding to the firing.
There was no immediate comment from Kabul, and the trigger for the exchange of fire was unclear.
The incident came amid longstanding tensions over Pakistan’s accusations that militants operate from Afghan territory, which Kabul denies.
- Who
- One civilian was killed and five people were injured. Pakistani officials attributed the firing to Afghan Taliban forces.
- What
- Mortar fire struck civilian homes and a market or bazaar; shops were damaged.
- When
- The firing took place on Tuesday, October 27. Pakistani officials reported it early Wednesday, October 28.
- Where
- South Waziristan, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghan border.
- Why
- The trigger for the exchange of fire was unclear.
Pakistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban government
Militant activity
Pakistan
Pakistan accuses Kabul of sheltering militants who launch attacks inside Pakistan.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government
Kabul denies allowing militants to use Afghan territory to attack Pakistan.
Responsibility for the incident
Pakistan
Pakistani officials attributed the firing to Afghan Taliban forces and described it as unprovoked.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government
There was no immediate comment from Kabul on the incident.
Afghan Taliban forces fired into South Waziristan, according to Pakistani officials.
A Pakistani government official reported that one civilian had been killed and five people wounded.
- Deaths
- 1 person killed
- Injuries
- 5 people injured
- Location
- South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
- Border
- Near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
- Damage
- Shelling damaged shops in a bazaar
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What people are saying
Pakistan will never tolerate attacks on its people or violations of its sovereignty
responding effectively and heavily