At least 19 Pakistani soldiers and three Afghan civilians died after heavy clashes erupted between security forces of the two neighbouring nations at the border crossing points, media reports said on Saturday.

The Pakistani military conducted air raids potentially killed dozens while targeting alleged Pakistani Taliban militants in the rural Paktika Province of Afghanistan Tuesday night.

Pakistani security officials told the AP their mission was to kill insurgents and bomb a training facility. Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry in the capital of Kabul said the nation “will not accept the violation of the country’s territory under any ...