PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani and Afghan forces traded fire overnight at a key northwestern border crossing that has been closed for more than a week over a dispute between the two neighbors, officials said Monday.

KHYBER: At least eight people, including six tro­ops, sustained minor injuries on Sunday night (March 2) after Pakistan and Afghan Tali­ban forces traded fire at the Torkham border, forcing civilians to flee for their lives besides causing one death due to 'cardiac arrest'.

A Pakistani official says residents have fled a border area with Afghanistan after forces from both sides clashed into the early hours of the morning