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Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban seized power last year, with Islamabad claiming militant groups are carrying out regular attacks from Afghan soil.
The Taliban deny harbouring Pakistani militants, but are also infuriated by a fence Islamabad is erecting along their 2,700-kilometre (1,600-mile) border.
Tension between the two neighbours further deepened after Saturday’s pre-dawn air assault which Afghan officials now claim was carried out by Pakistani military helicopters.
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