Border clashes

Renewed fighting erupted Wednesday along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing more than a dozen civilians and military personnel, destroying a fragile truce following deadly weekend clashes.

Afghan Taliban authorities said Pakistani forces launched attacks in Spin Boldak district in the early hours, killing over a dozen civilians and wounding around 100. In a statement carried on social media, a Taliban spokesman accused Pakistan of firing “light and heavy weapons” into Afghan territory.

On the Pakistani side, authorities reported that four civilians were wounded in Cross-border shelling in Chaman, opposite Spin Boldak.

In another front, fierce combat in Pakistan’s Orakzai district …