Other MoA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Palosin, Kurram District area, Pakistan on Mon 9th September 2024

A clash between Pakistani Security Forces (SFs) and the Afghan Taliban on the border near the Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa resulted in the death of eight Afghan Taliban soldiers, including two ‘key’ commanders, and injuries to at least 16, Dawn reported on September 9 quoting sources. Sources said the Afghan side attacked a Pakistani check post with heavy weapons in the Palosin area on the Pak-Afghan border on September 7-morning. “We have reports about heavy losses on the other [Afghan] side. So far, eight Afghan Taliban have been killed and 16 others have sustained injuries in retaliatory firing by the Pakistani forces,” sources said, adding two ‘key’ commanders, Khalil and Jan Muhammad, were also killed. There was no official statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on this incident.