# Pakistan-Afghanistan border clash

> Pakistan strikes Afghan targets after border attacks.
- Title: Pakistan-Afghanistan border clash · Dw | Shortify
- Summary: Pakistan strikes Afghan targets after border attacks. Pakistan claims airstrikes killed 22 militants in Afghanistan, while Taliban says 9-10 civilians died…
- Keywords: pakistan, afghanistan, taliban, ttp, kohat, durand line, border conflict, security forces, trade routes, mujahideen, news, world
- Source: Dw — https://dw.com/en/pakistan-vs-afghanistan-from-allies-and-neighbors-to-war/a-79532115?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
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- Topics: pakistan, afghanistan, taliban, ttp, kohat, durand line, border conflict, security forces, trade routes, mujahideen, news, world
## Pakistan airstrike in Afghanistan
On Thursday night, Pakistan attacked targets in Afghanistan, claiming 22 militants killed and weapons depots destroyed.
## Taliban claims civilian deaths
The Taliban says between nine and ten civilians, including women and children, were killed in the strike.
## Kohat attack on police
On September 18, an attack on a police compound in Kohat killed 31 people and injured over 100.
## TTP claims responsibility
A splinter group called Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, claimed responsibility for the Kohat attack.
## TTP-Taliban relationship
The TTP in Pakistan is an independent organization with ideological ties to the Afghan Taliban but fights the Pakistani state.
## Taliban's limited control
The Taliban says it has no control over the TTP, despite historical connections, and won't let outside interference happen.
## Durand Line border dispute
The Durand Line, drawn in 1893, divides Pashtun homelands on both sides of the border, creating an identity-based conflict.
## Pakistan's strategic concerns
Pakistan views Afghanistan as a liability in its rivalry with India, after once seeing it as a source of strategic depth.
## Escalating border clashes
At the end of September, Kabul reported 28 killed and 32 captured fighters infiltrating from Nuristan province, Pakistan.
## Key takeaway

Pakistan claims airstrikes killed 22 militants in Afghanistan, while Taliban says 9-10 civilians died, escalating border tensions between the two nations.