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Added on the 16/07/2021 08:17:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show Pakistani forces on the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan, where Afghan forces are clashing with Taliban fighters in an operation to retake the key border crossing. The insurgents are tightening their grip in the north and battling for the stronghold of an infamous warlord. IMAGES on the Pakistani side of the border
A Taliban flag is seen at the closed Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Pakistan, as the insurgents said they had captured the strategic border crossing of Spin Boldak on the frontier with Pakistan, continuing sweeping gains made since foreign forces stepped up their withdrawal from Afghanistan. IMAGES
Burmese queue to enter Thailand at an immigration checkpoint in the border town of Mae Sot, many fleeing the newest round of fighting to test the junta's hold on power. The number of people passing Thai immigration from Myanmar had increased to around 4,000 per day in recent days, an immigration official told AFP, up from the usual number of around 1,900. IMAGES
The United States calls on Pakistan to show restraint and for Afghanistan's Taliban to control extremists, after Islamabad carried out deadly strikes in border areas. SOUNDBITE
Hundreds of Afghans cross the border in Torkham after fleeing Pakistan, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus. IMAGES
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