Islamabad is facing an emerging security situation in border provinces and an assertive Taliban, which is unwilling to accept any 'one-sided' change in the status quo ante on the Durand Line issue.
After clashes erupted between the Taliban movement and the Pakistani military at the Afghan-Pakistani border, several Afghani families fled the Dand-e-Patan district in Afghanistan's Paktia province.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Five terrorists have been confirmed dead as fighter planes struck a Taliban hideout in Dand-e-Patan district of the eastern Paktia province on Sunday, a statement of the provincial police said.