{"id":19979,"date":"2026-02-25T13:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=19979"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:48:49","slug":"unprovoked-firing-on-pak-afghan-border-security-forces-respond-effectively-afghan-check-post-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=19979","title":{"rendered":"Unprovoked Firing on Pak-Afghan Border, Security Forces Respond Effectively; Afghan Check Post Destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-69561a19-c07c-8331-a726-7a0a9c86b8d1-2\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-58\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6eafe12c-2d0d-4b73-b6c2-ff16706022ed\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1642\"><strong>An incident of unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban occurred along the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber district, prompting Pakistan\u2019s security forces to respond swiftly and effectively. According to officials, during the retaliatory action, an Afghan forces\u2019 check post was targeted and destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1948\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s spokesperson for foreign media, Musharraf Zaidi, stated in a post on X that the Afghan Taliban opened unprovoked fire at the Pak-Afghan border in the areas of Torkham and Tirah. He added that Pakistan\u2019s security forces responded promptly and effectively to the aggression.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1952\" data-end=\"2223\">Security sources reported that clashes took place at three different points along the border area, and the exchange of fire continued for nearly an hour. They confirmed that all Pakistan Army personnel remained safe and no casualties were reported on the Pakistani side.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2227\" data-end=\"2467\">The Prime Minister\u2019s spokesperson emphasized that any further provocation would be met with an immediate and firm response. He stated that Pakistan will continue to defend its citizens and safeguard its territorial integrity at all costs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2471\" data-end=\"2560\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px absolute bottom-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An incident of unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban occurred along the Pak-Afghan border in Khyber district, prompting Pakistan\u2019s security forces to respond swiftly and effectively. According to officials, during the retaliatory action, an Afghan forces\u2019 check post was targeted and destroyed. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s spokesperson for foreign media, Musharraf Zaidi, stated in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[4851,9125,1104,267,10990,6710],"class_list":["post-19979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-afghan-taliban","tag-khyber-district","tag-pak-afghan-border","tag-security-forces","tag-tirah","tag-torkham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19981,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19979\/revisions\/19981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}