AFP journalists in Kabul heard multiple explosions and gunfire yesterday, as Afghan and Pakistani troops keep up their border battles.

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Afghan and Pakistani troops battled along their border, Afghan residents and officials told AFP yesterday, with the fighting coming alongside multiple strikes including the former US air base at Bagram.

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Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban military entered its third day yesterday as foreign governments expressed increasing concern and called for urgent talks.

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Afghanistan's Taliban rulers had said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in major cities

Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghan forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers and captured several others, while putting the death toll among Afghan troops at 13

Pakistan bombed government targets in the Afghan capital Kabul and in Kandahar, where its Taliban leadership is based, officials from both countries said yesterday, with Pakistan’s defence minister calling the conflict “open war”.

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Pakistani air strikes hit a weapons depot on the western outskirts of Kabul overnight, triggering hours of secondary explosions that rattled homes across the Afghan capital and left residents fearing further violen

Both sides report heavy losses, issue conflicting tolls

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Pakistan security sources said strikes involved air and ground attacks against Taliban posts, headquarters, and ammunition depots

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India and Israel will pursue joint development, production and transfer of technology in defence, as well as work on a free trade agreement, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday.

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