No talks ahead: Pakistan and Afghanistan show no reconciliation sign

Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire at dozens of points along their border on Friday as the ​UN said their week-old conflict has forced the displacement of more than 100,000 people, Reuters writes.

Several countries have offered to negotiate a truce. However, Pakistani government spokesperson Mosharraf Zaidi said “there is nothing to talk ​about. There will be no dialogue and ​no negotiations.”

The conflict began last week with Pakistani air strikes inside Afghanistan that Islamabad said targeted militant strongholds. Afghanistan called the strikes a violation of sovereignty ​and announced retaliatory operations.

The UN ​mission in Afghanistan has said 56 civilians have been killed in the country and 128 wounded since fighting began. The Taliban government has said 110 civilians have been killed.