India, Oct. 12 -- Armed clashes erupted along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Saturday after the Taliban accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes inside Afghan territory, escalating already fraught relations between the two neighbours, media reports said.

Afghanistan's Taliban-run defence ministry said its forces launched retaliatory operations against Pakistani soldiers "in various areas along the border" after air strikes "on Kabul and other parts of the country."

Pakistan has not confirmed responsibility for the air strikes but called on Kabul to "stop harbouring the Pakistani Taliban (TTP)," whom Islamabad blames for a surge in cross-border attacks since 2021.

He added that three Afghan quadcopters "suspected of carrying exp...