Pakistan Military responded instantly, destroyed the gun place firing from throughout the border
A military soldier stands guard at a abandoned entry level on the Friendship Gate, following the exchanges of fireplace between Pakistan and Afghanistan forces, on the border crossing between the 2 nations, in Chaman, Pakistan February 27, 2026. Image taken with a cell phone. REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakzai
Three civilians, together with two youngsters, have been martyred and three others have been injured on Wednesday when Afghan Taliban forces carried out unprovoked shelling on locals in a border space of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, based on state media.
The incident marks a renewed episode of cross-border aggression after a niche of over a month, following Pakistan’s Operation Ghazab Lil Haq launched in response to earlier unprovoked hostility from the Afghan aspect.
In a put up on X, state broadcaster PTV Information mentioned, quoting safety sources, that “Indian-backed Afghan Taliban unprovoked aggression on civilian inhabitants within the border village of Malak Shahin in Kat Kot space of Bajaur” martyred a girl and two youngsters from the identical home, whereas three have been significantly injured, who have been subsequently taken to the hospital for remedy.
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“Afghan Taliban have been making an attempt to infiltrate a formation of the khawarij mischief-makers into Pakistan for the previous few days. Because of the well timed motion by the Pakistan Military, the try to infiltrate the khawarij mischief-makers was foiled. Pissed off by this failure, the Afghan Taliban focused Pakistan’s civilian inhabitants in Kat Kot right now,” the assertion mentioned.
It added that the Pakistan Military responded instantly and destroyed the gun place firing from throughout the border.
It additional mentioned that Pakistani forces have been additionally concentrating on Afghan Taliban posts alongside the Bajaur border, inflicting heavy losses and leading to heavy casualties for the Afghan Taliban.
“Residents of Bajaur have strongly condemned this cowardly act and expressed full solidarity with the safety forces. Safety forces stay vigilant and decided always to guard the lives and property of the folks and to ascertain lasting peace within the space. Concentrating on the civilian inhabitants by the Afghan Taliban is obvious proof of their nefarious intentions and frustration,” the assertion mentioned.
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افغان طالبان کی باجوڑ میں پاکستانی سول آبادی پر گولہ باری ،2بچوں سمیت 3 افرادشہید، 3شدید زخمیبھارتی حمایت یافتہ افغان طالبان کی باجوڑ کے سرحدی علاقے کٹ کوٹ کے گاؤں ملک شاہین میں سول آبادی پر بلا اشتعال جارحیت ، سیکیورٹی ذرائع
بلا اشتعال گولہ باری کے نتیجے میں ایک… pic.twitter.com/6u37avUZKQ
— PTV Information (@PTVNewsOfficial) April 15, 2026
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah strongly condemned the firing and expressed grief over the lack of lives.
“Concentrating on civilian inhabitants is a cowardly act, complete nation is united towards terrorism,” he mentioned and paid tribute to the military for giving a “robust and immediate response” to the opposing aspect.
“Thwarting the infiltration try of Fitna al-Khawarij is a transparent proof of the professionalism of safety forces. The enemy is not going to be allowed to destroy the peace of the nation, complete nation stands with Pakistan Military,” he mentioned in an announcement.
Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched across the finish of February following renewed clashes alongside the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, after Afghan Taliban forces fired on a number of places, prompting swift navy retaliation by Pakistan.
The neighbouring nations have been engaged in escalating hostilities alongside the frontier since then. The clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to Pakistani air strikes concentrating on terrorist positions and abated throughout a short lived ceasefire on the event of Eidul Fitr.
The escalation in tensions between the 2 nations adopted a collection of tit-for-tat actions over the previous yr.
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Pakistan earlier carried out air strikes concentrating on camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan Province inside Afghanistan after a wave of assaults in Pakistan, together with a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Islamabad has lengthy maintained that TTP leaders function from Afghan territory, an allegation that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions additionally surged after a collection of explosions in Kabul on October 9 final yr. Taliban forces subsequently focused areas alongside Pakistan’s border, prompting Islamabad to reply with cross-border shelling.
The exchanges induced casualties and infrastructure injury on either side and led to the suspension of commerce after border crossings have been closed on October 12, 2025.
