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Added on the 16/07/2021 18:32:57 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of Taliban fighters being treated in a Pakistan hospital in Chaman. Afghan forces clashed with the Taliban Friday after launching an operation to retake the key Afghanistan Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan, according to police. IMAGES
Smoke pours in the sky above the capital of Badghis province in northern Afghanistan after a day of heavy fighting that saw the Taliban storm the city in their most brazen assault since the United States stepped up its troop withdrawal. 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
Pakistan guards use tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who tried to breach a border crossing into Afghanistan, a day after the Taliban seized control of the Afghan side of the frontier. IMAGES
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