Other MoA event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kurram District area, Pakistan on Tue 22nd September 2026

On September 22, Pakistani Security Forces (SFs) reportedly engaged Afghan Taliban positions after an alleged cross-border infiltration attempt in the Kurram District in Kohat division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, reports Khyber Chronicles. According to security sources, militants identified by Pakistani authorities as Fitna al-Khawarij, the official term used by the Pakistani government and military establishment to refer to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attempted to cross into Pakistan from Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Paktia provinces. The report said Afghan Taliban forces subsequently opened fire on Pakistani border posts using mortars and other weapons. Pakistani forces responded with artillery and other firepower against Taliban border posts and mortar positions. Security sources claimed that several Afghan Taliban personnel subsequently abandoned their positions.