#khyber-pakhtunkhwa

#khyber-pakhtunkhwa

More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled from Tirah, a remote region in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, as fears grow of an imminent military offensive against the Pakistan Taliban, according to local residents and officials. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has contradicted claims made by locals and provincial authorities, insisting no military operation is occurring or planned in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province town.

At least five Pakistani soldiers and 25 militants were killed in clashes near the border with Afghanistan, the military said on Sunday. The attacks come as Afghan and Pakistani delegations hold talks in Istanbul following the recent ceasefire. The clashes between their armies earlier this month marked the worst border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in 2021.