US EditionPakistan Strikes Afghan Border Camps; 18 Civilians Dead
Pakistan says the strikes targeted seven militant camps linked to Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State-Khorasan, responding to recent suicide bombings inside Pakistan, officials said.
- On Sunday, Pakistan launched airstrikes along the Afghanistan border targeting seven camps, while Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said dozens were killed and wounded in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces.
- Pakistan's Information Minister said the strikes were a retributive response to recent suicide bombings, including the Islamabad mosque attack that killed 31, and the Bajaur district attack that martyred 11 soldiers.
- Nangarhar province and Paktika province were reported hit, with a madrassa and civilian homes struck; the Afghan Red Crescent Society said more than a dozen died and Mawlawi Fazl Rahman Fayyaz confirmed 18 killed.
- Kabul condemned the raids as breaches of sovereignty, and Afghanistan's defence ministry warned it would deliver an appropriate and calculated response while Pakistan's military said operations would continue irrespective of location.
- Pakistan said the targets belonged to the TTP and ISKP, urging the international community to press the Taliban to honor Doha commitments amid rising violence since 2021.
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According to Afghan sources, at least 18 people have been killed in air strikes by the Pakistani army in the Afghanistan border area.
Pakistan justified these strikes by "recent suicide bombings", including an attack in a mosque in Islamabad in early February.
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The Batesville Daily GuardPakistan claims to have killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the Afghan border
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for recent attacks inside the country, the deputy interior minister said. Kabul rejected the claim. Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s deputy interior minister, offered no evidence […]
Pakistan Carries Out Deadly Strikes In Afghanistan Amid Rising Tensions
What happens when a fragile peace begins to crack? Overnight, tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan took a sharp—and deadly—turn.Pakistan launched air strikes across the border, saying it was targeting militant hideouts. They were linked to groups like Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Islamic State-Khorasan Province.Officials called it a “retributive response” to recent suicide bombings inside Pakistan.But the Taliban tells a very different st…
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