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(12 Oct 2025)

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART NO ACCESS AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chaman, Pakistan - 12 October 2025
1. Smoke rising after an explosion near the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak
2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Shamsullah Khan, Afghan refugee:
“There has been bombing right next to the border area inside Afghanistan. The situation here is very bad — people are in trouble. They have their children and women with them, without food or drinking water. Our request to both Pakistan and Afghanistan is to stop fighting and open the border so people can go back to their homes.”
3. Tucks loaded with Afghan refugees’ household belongings parked at the Chaman border crossing
4. Various of Afghan refugees and trucks at the border
5. Refugees’ trucks leaving the border area

ASSOCIATED PRESS – NO ACCESS AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
Torkham, Afghanistan – 12 October 2025
6. Mid of Taliban soldiers stopping trucks moving toward Pakistan
7. Mid of trucks parked along the road
8. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Pervaiz Khan, Afghan driver:
“Because of last night’s fighting, the border is closed and people are suffering. We were near the Torkham border and saw children and women in distress. We have fruit and vegetables in our trucks that are starting to spoil. Thousands of vehicles are parked. People should not suffer because of this tension — both governments need to solve this problem through dialogue.”
9. Wide of trucks parked due to border closure
10. Pan of parked ambulances
11. Mid of drivers standing beside their trucks
STORYLINE:
Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace.

Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and a market in the country’s east. Pakistan did not claim responsibility for the assault.

The Torkham border crossing, one of two main trade routes between the two countries, did not open on Sunday at its usual time of 8 am. The crossing at Chaman, southwest Pakistan, was also closed.

People, including Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan, were turned away due to the worsening security situation.

The Taliban government’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Afghan forces have captured 25 Pakistani army posts, 58 soldiers have been killed, and 30 others wounded. There was no immediate confirmation from Pakistan about casualties.

Pakistan has previously struck locations inside Afghanistan, targeting what it alleges are militant hideouts, but these have been in remote and mountainous areas. The two sides have also skirmished along the border in the past. Saturday night's heavy clashes underscore the deepening tensions.

The Taliban government’s Defense Ministry said early Sunday morning its forces had conducted “retaliatory and successful operations” along the border.

AP Video by Habibullah Khan and Hidayat Shah

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