Security forces kill several Afghan Taliban fighters in retaliatory action along Balochistan border: sources

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Pakistani security forces killed several Afghan Taliban fighters in retaliation for aggression along the Balochistan border. The Taliban attempted to penetrate Pakistani territory in the Gulistan sector, resulting in ongoing exchanges of fire reported after midnight.

Security sources said Pakistani troops responded to an act of aggression by the Afghan Taliban along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Balochistan on Thursday. State-run APP reported, citing sources, that the Afghan Taliban attempted to enter the Pakistani territory in Balochistan’s Gulistan sector and carry out an act of aggression. Meanwhile, officials also reported attacks on some border posts in Pakistan. The APP report said in retaliatory action, several Afghan Taliban fighters were killed. Intermittent exchange of fire between security forces and Afghan Taliban was ongoing after midnight, according the sources cited in the report. More to follow