Pakistani forces kill Afghan Taliban fighters in border escalation
Pakistan’s security forces report ongoing cross-border fire in latest fighting with Afghanistan.
![A member of Taliban security forces uses a metal detector amid the rubble of a house that was damaged in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Gurbuz district of Khost province, Afghanistan, September 24, 2026 [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-24T092006Z_1498853770_RC2KPNA6I1N1_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-1790305246.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Pakistan’s security forces report ongoing cross-border fire in latest fighting with Afghanistan.
![A member of Taliban security forces uses a metal detector amid the rubble of a house that was damaged in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Gurbuz district of Khost province, Afghanistan, September 24, 2026 [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-24T092006Z_1498853770_RC2KPNA6I1N1_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-1790305246.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








Explosion took place near crowd rallying against a surge in violence in northwestern Pakistan.
Fifteen attackers were also killed during the hours-long raid in Pakistan’s northwestern Hangu district.
The Pakistani Taliban said four suicide bombers carried out the assault in the country’s northwest.
Military spokesman warns fighters ‘we will chase you, we will hurt you’ amid the spate of deadly ambushes.
Shahid Rind, a spokesman for the Balochistan government, says 15 assailants killed in ‘clearance operations’.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have been locked in an on-off cycle of cross-border strikes, leaving their ties in tatters.
Afghan villagers inspected destroyed homes after overnight Pakistani strikes targeting Taliban-allied fighters.
Analysts warn military pressure alone cannot contain a threat from armed groups that has reached Pakistan’s cities.
Police say four attackers were also killed after gunmen stormed a Rangers facility in country’s commercial capital.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.