Fighting intensified along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border between October 15th, 2025, 6:06 AM and 7:06 AM UTC, with reports of two Pakistani tanks and two Humvees being destroyed in the Chaman sector. The Afghan government released visuals of destroyed Pakistani checkpoints amidst the ongoing conflict. According to X user @zarrar_11PK, Pakistan's security forces forced Tehrik-i-Taliban Afghanistan (TTA) elements to vacate posts in the Kharij Kurram sector. During this reporting window, two Humvees were struck in Chaman by VTOL aircraft, and a second tank was reportedly destroyed in the same area. These developments follow earlier reports from October 15th, 2025, detailing significant clashes that began between 2:36 AM and 5:05 AM UTC, resulting in casualties on both sides and damage to the "Bab-e-Dosti" gate and border infrastructure. Previous reports from earlier on October 15th, 2025, indicated that Afghan Taliban forces had destroyed parts of the border area at the Spin BoldakāChaman crossing between 3:36 AM and 4:05 AM UTC. This period also saw reported withdrawals by Pakistani Army and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel from the Spin Boldak area, with some sources describing the Taliban entering freely. Renewed fighting between 5:06 AM and 5:35 AM UTC resulted in at least 15 dead and 85 injured on the Afghan side, and six Frontier Corps soldiers killed and six injured on the Pakistani side. Fierce fighting had erupted inside Afghanistan's border between Pakistani armed forces and TTP/TTA elements near the Spin BoldakāChaman crossing between 4:06 AM and 5:05 AM UTC on October 15th, 2025, leading to heavy casualties on the Afghanistan side. A temporary humanitarian ceasefire was announced at 2:00 AM UTC to collect dead and injured, following initial reports of Afghan border forces initiating attacks at six points along the Pakistani-Afghan border in Chaman.
