A statement issued by the Pakistani security forces to the media said that after days of escalating tensions, Afghanistan launched "unjustified" attacks on Pakistani positions on the Pakistani-Afghan border on the night of 11 October.

On October 12, 2025 local time, in Chaman, Pakistan, Afghan refugees sat next to vehicles with belongings, waiting for the border crossing to open. Previously, Afghan and Pakistan security forces exchanged fire in the border area, resulting in the border closure. Visual China Map

According to the Pakistani side, the purpose of the attack was to force armed groups suspected of the ¡°Havaliji¡± (rebels of the Pakistani Taliban movement) into Pakistan¡¯s territory.

In addition, according to the Afghan Dawn News on October 11, Afghan and Pakistani forces have been in conflict in the provinces of Kunar and Nanjinghar in Afghanistan.

The Khalid bin Walid Corps in eastern Afghanistan said that in retaliation for Pakistan's airstrikes on Kabul, they launched attacks on the security post of the Pakistani army near the Durand Line in Naghar province and Kunar province.

The attack came after Pakistan launched an airstrike on four cities in Afghanistan, including Kabul, in the morning of the 10th. According to the Guardian, Pakistani security officials acknowledged that there was a conflict between the two sides at several border locations and said they were taking a strong retaliation tonight, and the Taliban forces began firing at several border locations.

According to analysts, the recent days have shown that the situation on the Afghan-Pakistan border is becoming increasingly tense.Michael Kugelmann, head of the Institute for South Asian Studies at the U.S. think tank Woodrow Wilson International Academic Center, told The Guardian that ¡°the increasing cross-border attacks on Pakistani troops, Pakistan¡¯s unusually intense airstrikes on Afghanistan, coupled with the Taliban¡¯s retaliation operations, together created a perfect storm, coupled with Afghanistan¡¯s non-recognition of borders and the widespread spread of false information about the crisis, all this makes the situation dangerous.¡±

Relations between the two countries have become very tense in recent months as Islamabad accuses Kabul of harboring members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan who launched attacks on it.

Kugelman believes that for Pakistan,"the risk is that its recent attacks in Afghanistan will provoke retaliation from the 'Pakistan Taliban Movement', which may trigger further and possibly even more intense actions by Pakistan in Afghanistan." He said: "Then the cycle could happen again. There are no winners here, and there are no simple long-term solutions."

But he also believes that the conflict between the two sides may not last too long, "the crisis is serious, but it will soon ease."The Taliban lacks the ability to confront the Pakistani army positively, and once retaliation has calmed the public anger, they are likely to withdraw." "If we see the situation degrade now, then we are not far from the danger," he said.

Foreign media also noted that the attack launched by Afghanistan occurred while Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaki was visiting India. On October 10, Indian Foreign Minister Sujaysen announced during a meeting with Mottaki in the Indian capital New Delhi that India and Afghanistan had agreed to rebuild diplomatic relations.

In a statement to the media, Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Nakvi called the Afghan military¡¯s conduct ¡°an open violation of international law¡± and added that ¡°their conduct is similar to that of our enemy (India)¡±.