Pakistan reports renewed fighting with Afghan Taliban near Gulistan border

Fresh fighting was reported along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Friday. Pakistani security sources said their forces repelled an attempted attack by Afghan Taliban fighters in the Gulistan border area and reported casualties among the attackers. Reporting from the area also described continuing cross-border fire. The casualty figures and competing accounts of responsibility have not been independently established in the material reviewed, so the claims remain attributed to the parties and sources reporting them.