Islamabad rejects 'Fake and fabricated' Kabul’s claim of destroying Pakistani post near Spin Boldak
Ministry of Information disputes Afghan account, saying Taliban posts were heavily punished and 13 personnel killed
The Afghan Ministry of Defence declared a Pakistani outpost near Spin Boldak in Kandahar province as "fake and fabricated" in a statement on Friday, rejecting Kabul's claim that the outpost had been destroyed. The Afghan Ministry said that the day before, a Pakistani military outpost near Spin Boldak had been "punished and destroyed" after firing towards Afghanistan. No casualties were reported on either side in the clash, and the Afghan side dismissed the Pakistani account of the incident as propaganda.
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