Four people were killed in one of the districts of Afghanistan after an attack by Pakistan

Four people were killed and 16 others injured in the Afghan province of Paktia after an attack from Pakistan. This was reported on February 27 by the Ariana News channel.

"Afghan security forces regularly carry out attacks on the Pakistani military regime in the provinces of Khost and Paktika," said a message on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

Among the dead, two children and two elderly people were killed, 16 residents were injured.

"Open war": how the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan is developing

Fighting has engulfed the border areas and major cities of Afghanistan.

On the same day, a new wave of retaliatory attacks by Afghan forces on posts of the military regime of Pakistan began in the area of Zazi Maidan, Alisher and Terezai, along the Durand line. The militia opened fire on the Afghan military from armored tanks in the Shah Kot Sar and Nakhtarnau districts of Nangarkhan district. In turn, the Afghan border guards responded with fire using armored vehicles and artillery.

On February 26, a representative of the Taliban movement of the 201st Khalid ibn Walid Army Corps reported that armed clashes had occurred on the border. As a result, 72 Taliban were killed on the border, and more than 100 were injured. Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has warned the Afghan government of the outbreak of an "open war."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on February 27 that Russia was counting on a cessation of hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The presidential spokesman added that the Russian Federation is monitoring developments on the border of the two countries, while stressing that it is too early to draw any conclusions.

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