The Pak Army on the Afghan border destroyed multiple Afghan Taliban check posts on Tuesday night after a mortar struck a civilian house in Angoor Adda, South Waziristan, killing one person and injuring five members of the same family, officials said.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Adviser Samar Haroon Bilour, citing security sources, said the Afghan Taliban regime had targeted the civilian population in Angoor Adda. She said a shell landed on a house, wounding five relatives and leaving one civilian dead. The South Waziristan deputy commissioner separately described unprovoked firing on civilian houses and Angoor Adda Bazar on the night of 27 October, with one killed, five injured by a mortar round, and many shops damaged.
Official account of the response
Bilour’s statement said the Pak Army gave an immediate and strong response to the aggression and that multiple Afghan force check posts were destroyed in retaliatory action. Officials said Pakistani troops stayed on high alert along the border and were prepared to stop further aggression, and that the military response to the attack on civilians was continuing. The incident, according to the same statement, sparked widespread anger among local residents over the targeting of civilians.
Why Angoor Adda sits on a tense frontier
Angoor Adda lies in South Waziristan Lower on the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier, where communities live close to crossing points and bazaar trade. Officials framed Tuesday night’s firing as a strike on homes and a market area rather than a distant military post alone. That framing helps explain why shops in Angoor Adda Bazar were reported damaged alongside the household casualties, and why the Pak Army Afghan border posture was described as remaining elevated after the exchange.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- October 2025: Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan began; Islamabad accuses the Afghan Taliban of harbouring militants who attack inside Pakistan, while Kabul denies this and calls the militancy a domestic Pakistani problem.
- Late February: Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched after renewed border clashes and Afghan Taliban fire on multiple locations, followed by Pakistani military retaliation.
- 18 March: The sides agreed a week-long ceasefire on the eve of Eidul Fitr after requests involving Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
- April: In peace talks in Urumqi, China, Pakistan put forward three core demands: that Kabul formally declare the TTP a terrorist organisation, dismantle its infrastructure, and provide verifiable proof of that action.
- 21 September: Pakistan carried out calibrated air strikes near the Afghan border and intelligence-based ground operations that officials said killed 37 terrorists after deadly attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said three targets, including a suicide-bomber training centre, were hit and 28 terrorists plus several suicide bombers were killed.
- 24 September: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistan had conducted precision aerial and drone strikes on 10 locations in Afghanistan after drones from Afghan territory entered Pakistani airspace.
- 27 October (night): Afghan Taliban fire hit civilian houses and Angoor Adda Bazar; one civilian killed, five injured; Pak Army destroyed Afghan check posts in response.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Angoor Adda, South Waziristan mein ek mortar se ek shakhs janbahaq aur ek ghar ke paanch log zakhmi hue. Afghan Taliban ke kai check posts ko Pak Fauj ne jawaabi karwai mein tabah kar diya. Angoor Adda Bazar ki kai dukaanain bhi nuqsan se mutasir hui. Sarhad ke qareeb rehne walon ke liye yeh waqia khauf aur gusse ka sabab bana hai.
