It was evening when clashes broke out between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani forces. We civilians ran from the area of fighting and arrived here. It was a very strange and frightening atmosphere.
Taliban deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat says the casualties occurred in Nangarhar, Paktika, Khost, Kunar, and Kandahar provinces due to Pakistan's air and ground attacks.
The Pakistani federal government and military blame insecurity in the country on militants who, they claim, plan terrorist activities from Afghanistan.
The Kabul attack is a stark reminder that, for China, Afghanistan remains a space where strategic ambitions are persistently constrained by enduring insecurity.