Afghan-Pakistan Border Tensions Grow

Attempts to fence the Durand Line result in clashes

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

On December 11, cross-border firing by forces of Afghanistan’s Taliban killed at least six and injured 17 civilians inside Pakistan, with the Pakistan military’s retaliatory firing causing casualties on the Afghan side as well in the second such clash in the past two months alone, a disturbing development in relations between the t…