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Pakistan says three of its soldiers were killed Thursday in clashes with India across the disputed Kashmir border, known as the Line of Control (LoC), amid increasing tensions between the two nations over the Himalayan region.
A Pakistani army spokesman claimed five Indian soldiers also were killed in retaliatory fire. Major-General Asif Ghafoor said skirmishes were ongoing intermittently.
A total of 15 militants including a Taliban key commander have handed over their weapons to security forces in the northern Badakhshan province, provincial government spokesman Nik Mohammad Nazari said on Sunday.
“Taliban commander Mullah Ashor along with his 14 armed fighters have given up fighting and surrendered to security forces on Saturday,” Nazari told Xinhua.
Clashes broke out on Wednesday between Indian and Pakistani troops along the border in Kashmir, according to Fars news.
Local media reported that troops on the border had exchanged heavy fire and that Pakistani troops have fired mortars in the clashes.
More than 200 commuters were trapped on a highway in Shan State’s Kutkai Township on Monday by fighting between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw). Fighting erupted in the area on Sunday and continued Monday morning, according to local sources.
The fighting is located near Maw Ham and Tar Moe Nye villages, Major Tar Aike Kyaw, a spokesperson for the TNLA, told The Irrawaddy on Monday.
A roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least 35 people travelling on a bus, including children, and injured 27, officials said.
Security has been deteriorating across Afghanistan this year, with the Taliban and Islamic State fighters mounting near-daily attacks on Afghan forces, government employees and civilians.