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(Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (A Taliban security personnel stands guard near a damaged house, after Pakistani airstrike struck Gurbuz district in Afghanistan's Khost province on September 24, 2026.) (A Taliban security personnel stands guard near a damaged house, after Pakistani airstrike struck Gurbuz district in Afghanistan's Khost province on September 24, 2026.)   A Taliban security personnel stands guard near a damaged house, after Pakistani airstrike struck Gurbuz district in Afghanistan's Khost province on September 24, 2026. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES )    By REUTERS    SEPTEMBER 27, 2026 12:39  Updated:  SEPTEMBER 27, 2026 13:02   Afghanistan's defense ministry said on Sunday that its forces had killed 28 fighters and wounded 32 in the eastern province of Nuristan after a group it said included Islamic State terrorists crossed from (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909771) Pakistan .  The ministry alleged Pakistani militias had supported the fighters and that most of them were former Afghan government security personnel.   Pakistan's military and information ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters could not independently verify the ministry's account or its casualty figures.  Kabul's claim that Pakistani intelligence trained and sent former Afghan security personnel across the border is a direct allegation of state involvement in an armed incursion. It comes less than a week after (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909523) Pakistan launched airstrikes inside Afghanistan , saying it had targeted militants.  Pakistan has repeatedly accused Afghanistan of sheltering fighters who attack its territory, a charge Kabul denies.   (A paramilitary soldier stands amid the debris after a bomb blast near the Frontier Corps headquarters in Quetta, Pakistan September 30, 2025; illustrative.)  A paramilitary soldier stands amid the debris after a bomb blast near the Frontier Corps headquarters in Quetta, Pakistan September 30, 2025; illustrative. (credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)    Pakistani group had intention to carry out attacks, Afghanistan says  The ministry said the group crossed into Kamdesh, a district of Nuristan near the Pakistani border, on Saturday with the intention of carrying out attacks. (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909678) Afghan forces launched an operation, and the surviving fighters fled back across the border towards Pakistani militia positions, it said.  It alleged that Pakistani armed personnel and militia members had coordinated with the fighters but withdrew when fighting began. The ministry also accused Pakistani intelligence of taking former Afghan security personnel to Pakistan under the pretext of offering them assistance, training them and sending them towards Nuristan.  The incident follows (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909205) Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan on September 21 that Islamabad said killed 28 militants. Afghan officials said civilians were killed, and the UN mission in Afghanistan confirmed three civilian deaths.      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