The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed concern over the rising civilian casualties in border clashes between the Taliban and the Pakistani army, welcoming the ceasefire announced between the two sides and calling for an immediate end to the violence.

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.