SAA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Torkham area, Pakistan on Mon 20th February 2023

Afghan Border Security Forces opened fire on February 20 which caused injury to a Pakistani soldier at Ayub checkpoint, located at the hilltop near the Torkham border in Khyber District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports Geo TV. Pakistani side responded with heavy gunfire on suspected places from where the attack was initiated however, there was no information of any casualties to the Afghan side. Firing between the Security Forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan lasted for half an hour. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid avoided commenting on the border situation. On February 19, the Afghan authorities suddenly closed the border with Pakistan at Torkham after Pakistani authorities allowed an Afghan patient to enter the country, but asked the attendants to come with legal travel documents. A senior Government official at the Torkham border said "the Afghan border officials made it an issue, saying Pakistani authorities should allow the patients and their attendants without visas or legal travel documents to enter Pakistan for treatment in Peshawar or elsewhere."