ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Sunday expressed concern over border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, urging both sides to exercise restraint and hold dialogue to lower tensions. Afghan security forces attacked Pakistani border posts late Saturday in response to what the Taliban government called “repeated violations” of their territory and airspace. Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of an airstrikes in the capital, Kabul, and a market in the country’s east. Pakistan has neither denied nor confirmed the strikes.

Clashes come as tensions escalate over an air strike on Kabul that the Taliban blames on Islamabad.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia voiced concern over rising tensions along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and also strongly condemned a separate attack on displaced civilians in…