Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes Resume, Two Killed After Ceasefire Ends

• Fighting reignited along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after a temporary ceasefire for Eid al-Fitr expired, resulting in two civilian deaths and multiple injuries in eastern Afghanistan.
• Afghan officials reported Pakistani forces fired artillery shells into Kunar province, prompting return fire from Afghan border forces who claimed to destroy three Pakistani military posts.
• A local Pakistani official accused Afghan forces of initiating the exchange of fire in multiple areas.
• The renewed violence follows a brief pause after Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, which the Afghan Taliban claimed hit a hospital, killing over 400; Pakistan denied targeting civilians.
• Separately, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) resumed attacks inside Pakistan after its own ceasefire, with Pakistan accusing Kabul of sheltering TTP leaders and members.