Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have reached a boiling point, with fears of escalation to an all-out war after the Taliban deployed troops to the border in response to deadly strikes and rising hostilities.

Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighboring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s defense ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside Afghanistan.

The Afghan Taliban has launched a wave of artillery strikes against Pakistani checkpoints across the border, raising fears of war between the neighbouring countries.

At least eight individuals were killed and 13, including civilians, were injured on the Afghan side during ongoing clashes at the border, which continued late into Saturday night, according to security officials,

"A group of 20-25 'Khawarij' attempted to infiltrate Pakistan from two locations in Kurram and North Waziristan districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) bordering Afghanistan, reportedly using the border posts of Afghan Taliban," the sources said. However, Pakistani security forces thwarted the infiltration attempt, they added.

ISLAMABAD: More than 15 terrorists, including Khawarij and Afghan Taliban, were “reportedly killed” when security forces repelled two cross-border attacks by Khawarij and Afghan Taliban in Khyber

At least 10 Taliban fighters were killed and five others wounded in a major attack on the group’s ministry of interior in Kabul on Saturday as tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan escalated. The attack,

Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have led to deadly border clashes, killing at least eight individuals and injuring 13 others, including civilians. The conflict, intensified by Pakistani airstrikes on alleged militant camps in Afghanistan,

At least seven to eight Taliban personnel were killed along the Durand Line in Upper Kurram district on Saturday after Afghan Taliban forces launched an attack on Pakistani border posts in the Ghozgarhi,