Afghanistan, Feb. 27 -- Clashes between Taliban and Pakistani forces intensify at Torkham, hitting a returnees' camp, wounding civilians, and displacing dozens of families.

Heavy fighting between Taliban and Pakistani forces erupted at the Torkham border crossing, with reports that a returnees' camp in Nangarhar province came under shelling, wounding at least seven people, including a woman.

Quraishi Badloon, an official from the Taliban's Information and Culture Department in Nangarhar, said Pakistani troops fired on the camp. He added that the facility is being evacuated and that the injured woman remains in critical condition.

Residents in Kunar province reported that dozens of families in the border area of Dukalam, in Nari district,...