Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit
- On Thursday, Pakistan's Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar confirmed forces conducted "precision aerial and drone strikes against 10 locations in Afghanistan," stating the operation targeted military objectives linked to anti-Pakistan attacks.
- These strikes followed a deadly attack on a police headquarters in northern Pakistan on Friday that killed at least 31 people; Tarar accused the Afghan Taliban regime of allowing "terrorist sanctuaries" on its soil.
- A resident reported an explosion in Kandahar early Thursday, while the United Nations reported strikes earlier this week killed at least three civilians in eastern Afghanistan, though Pakistan claims 28 militants died.
- Islamabad accuses the Afghan Taliban of sheltering the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a group behind years of violence, while Afghan officials deny these charges and counter that Pakistan harbors hostile groups.
- Border area attacks are frequent, but strikes on Afghan cities like Kandahar remain rare; despite a March ceasefire, mediation efforts have failed to resolve long-standing tensions between the neighbours.
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At dawn on Thursday, Pakistan announced that it had launched attacks by fighter jets and marches targeting 10 locations in Afghanistan, accusing its neighbour of providing "terrorist sanctuaries" on its territory.
A local resident told AFP on Thursday that an overnight airstrike hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, home to the Taliban government's top leader.
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NettavisenPakistan has carried out airstrikes against 10 targets in Afghanistan that Pakistani authorities believe were used to attack Pakistan.
Among the areas of Afghanistan affected is Kandahar, where the Taliban's supreme leader lives. The post New Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan appeared first on in.gr.
Pakistan carried out airstrikes on targets in Afghanistan overnight on September 24, with reports of the attacks including an attack on Kandahar, one of the most important centers of Taliban rule. The information about the explosion in Kandahar was confirmed by eyewitnesses cited by AFP. A resident of the city reported hearing a plane, followed by a powerful explosion, and then seeing a fire in the central part of Kandahar. As of the early hours…
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