Politics Fighting resumes between Pakistan and Afghanistan
In the midst of severe tensions, cross-border fighting has once again broken out between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The spokesman for the Islamist Taliban ruling Afghanistan wrote on the X platform that Pakistan had again launched attacks towards Afghanistan in the evening. He wrote about the Spin Boldak district of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, which lies directly on the border with Pakistan. This had prompted the Afghan armed forces to respond.
05.12.2025, 21:44
SDA
A Pakistani border official in Baluchistan province confirmed to the German Press Agency that there had been cross-fire.
There was initially no information on casualties or injuries. According to the Afghan news channel Tolonews, residents on both sides had left the affected areas.
The renewed border clashes follow a bloody conflict between the two countries that flared up in October. At the beginning of October, the Taliban blamed Pakistan for explosions in the capital Kabul, whereupon Taliban security forces attacked Pakistani military checkpoints in the Pakistani border provinces. Heavy fighting ensued.
A ceasefire was agreed in October through the mediation of Qatar and Turkey, but no comprehensive agreement was reached between the two neighboring countries. Islamabad accuses Kabul of providing protection to the Pakistani Taliban movement (TTP), which has repeatedly carried out attacks in Pakistan. Kabul denies this. According to the Taliban, there were renewed Pakistani air strikes on Afghan soil at the end of last month.
