Gulistan border fire kills several Taliban fighters
Pakistani security sources said forces thwarted an attempt to enter territory at Gulistan on Friday and that several Afghan Taliban fighters were killed in intermittent fire that was still under way. Al Jazeera wrote that several Afghan Taliban fighters were killed the same Friday in an intermittent exchange in the Gulistan area and that fighting was ongoing. The Afghan Taliban did not immediately comment. The fire follows Pakistani airstrikes a day earlier.
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Several Taliban fighters died in Friday's fire at Gulistan
The Straits Times wrote that Pakistani security sources said on Friday that forces thwarted an attempt to enter territory at Gulistan and that several Afghan Taliban fighters were killed. The sources said intermittent firing was still under way. Al Jazeera wrote that Pakistani security sources said several Afghan Taliban fighters were killed in an intermittent exchange in the Gulistan area on Friday and that fighting was ongoing. Pakistan described it as an attempted Afghan aggression that was foiled on the border. The two reports describe the same Friday fire at Gulistan.[1], [2]
The Afghan Taliban did not comment immediately
The Straits Times reported that the Afghan Taliban did not immediately comment. Al Jazeera wrote that there was no official confirmation. The sources described the shooting as retaliatory. The number killed stays at several in both reports. There is no name and no exact count.[1], [2]
The fire follows airstrikes a day earlier
The Straits Times wrote that the clash follows Pakistani airstrikes a day earlier. Islamabad had said those strikes hit sites used to launch and store drones. Kabul denies harbouring the groups Pakistan blames for attacks. Al Jazeera wrote the Gulistan fire as the latest step in this border escalation. The airstrikes and Friday's fire are two separate days in the sources' sequence. Both reports describe Friday's fire at Gulistan. The dead remain several Afghan Taliban fighters. That the fire was still under way is in both sources. The lack of an immediate comment is the gap The Straits Times reported. The lack of official confirmation is the same gap Al Jazeera wrote. The airstrikes a day earlier are a separate day from Friday's fire. Kabul's denial of harbouring groups is not a finding that settles responsibility for this fire. The fact a reader can see is ongoing fire at Gulistan on Friday and several deaths. The sources call the fire retaliatory. The other side offered no immediate comment. The airstrike a day earlier is not this fire itself. Both newsrooms write the same stretch of border and the same Friday. The narrative follows the single development the two independent reports describe. It adds no further event. The figures stay within what the sources wrote.[1], [2]
