The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) exploded parts of the roads connected to South Korea after Pyongyang's last week announcement to cut off all inter-Korean roads and railways, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.
South Korea's military fired warning shots south of the military demarcation line dividing the two countries after the explosion.
Regarding the South Korean side's remarks, the DPRK has had no response yet.
On Oct. 9, the DPRK said it would permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures starting from that day.
DPRK blows up parts of roads connected to South Korea: Seoul
DPRK blows up parts of roads connected to South Korea: Seoul
DPRK blows up parts of roads connected to South Korea: Seoul
A total of 415 Afghan militants have been killed and more than 580 others injured in the ongoing border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan since Thursday, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, said on Sunday.
In a statement posted on social media, Tarar said that Pakistani forces had destroyed 182 Afghan outposts, captured 31 others, and destroyed 185 tanks, armed vehicles, and artillery guns belonging to the Taliban as of 16:00 on Sunday.
Pakistani airstrikes have effectively targeted 46 locations across Afghanistan, Tarar added.
Military clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan have increased over the past six months.
Last year, under the mediation of Qatar and Türkiye, the two sides agreed to a ceasefire and subsequently held several rounds of talks in Doha, Istanbul, and Riyadh to ensure its sustainability, but without tangible results.
On Thursday night, Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense launched a new round of military operations along the border, claiming that 55 Pakistani soldiers had been killed and that two military bases and 19 outposts had been captured.
In the early hours of Friday, Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on key military facilities in Kabul, Kandahar province, and Paktia province. Pakistani military sources said that after the strikes on Kabul, Afghan forces requested a ceasefire, but Pakistan decided to continue air operations until its objectives were fully achieved.
Pakistan claims to have killed 415 Afghan militants in border clashes
