Following escalating tensions between the Taliban and the Pakistani army, heavy border clashes between the two sides broke out early Wednesday morning (October 15) in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, resulting in numerous casualties on both sides.

Local sources in Kapisa province say that a Taliban commander ran over a woman with a motorcycle, and she later died in the hospital.

In continuation of the Taliban’s repressive policies against the media and fundamental freedoms, the group has once again banned the broadcasting of images of living beings on visual media and online platforms in several provinces of Afghanistan.

Following rising tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistan’s Defense Minister, has said that the current situation concerning Afghanistan shows that the time has come for Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan after five decades.