Pakistan says responding to 'unprovoked' Afghan Taliban fire along border

KARACHI, ‌Feb 26 (Reuters) - ​Pakistan's ​security forces responded ‌to "unprovoked fire" by ⁠Afghan Taliban forces ‌at multiple points ‌along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border on ​Thursday, Pakistan's information ⁠ministry said.

The ministry wrote ​on X that Taliban forces opened ​fire across ‌several sectors in Khyber ⁠Pakhtunkhwa province and that Pakistani ⁠troops delivered an "immediate ​and effective response", inflicting heavy casualties and ‌destroying multiple posts and ‌equipment.

(Reporting by ⁠Ariba ‌Shahid in ​Karachi; Editing by Hugh ‌Lawson)

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