Afghan Taliban forces killed six civilians in Pakistan and injured at least 17 others in an “unprovoked” bombing and gunfire attack on a border town on Sunday, Pakistan says.It’s unclear exactly what sparked the clash at the crossing over the border, which the two sides dispute.However, it comes amid a rise in tensions between the neighbouring countries over security issues, since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan last year.Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the Afghanistan action “deserve[d] the strongest condemnation”.The border dividing the two nations was drawn arbitrarily by the British in 1893 and is called the Durand Line. It is disputed by Afghanistan and millions of ethnic Pashtuns living on either side of it.Afghan security sources, cited by Reuters news agency, said the incident happened after Pakistan demanded Afghan border forces stop building a checkpost on their side of the border.Meanwhile, AFP news agency quoted anonymous Afghan government officials saying tensions flared up after Afghan forces tried to cut part of a fence on the border.Since 2017, Pakistan has been building a massive fence along the border – something objected to by both the Taliban, who took power last year and the previous Afghan government.
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