Tensions mount as forces trade fire on Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Goods trucks are parked on a road leading to the Torkham border crossing, on March 3. - Dawn/ANN

KHYBER: At least eight people, including six tro­ops, sustained minor injuries on Sunday night (March 2) after Pakistan and Afghan Tali­ban forces traded fire at the Torkham border, forcing civilians to flee for their lives besides causing one death due to ‘cardiac arrest’.

Sources said the firing started around midnight, with both sides initially using light weapons and later resorting to heavy weaponry, which damaged several buildings in the area.