Pakistan launched airstrikes on Taliban facilities hours after Afghanistan carried out its own “retaliatory” attack
Multiple explosions shook the Afghan capital of Kabul and several other regions early Friday morning as Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged military strikes across their volatile border, accusing each other of the escalation.
Islamabad launched its Operation Ghazab Lil Haq (“Wrath of Justice”) hours after Afghan forces conducted cross-border attacks against Pakistani military positions. Residents in the Afghan capital reported hearing at least three blasts, but authorities have not confirmed the precise locations of the explosions.
“The cowardly Pakistani military has carried out airstrikes in certain areas of Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia; fortunately, there have been no reported casualties,” Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X.
Pakistani state broadcaster PTV News has shared several videos of the strikes, saying the military targeted Taliban’s “important military installations.” A Pakistani security source claimed that an ammunition depot, battalion positions and a sector headquarters were destroyed.
Islamabad said the strikes came after Afghan Taliban forces opened fire on its border positions late Thursday, killing two Pakistani soldiers and wounding three others. Mosharraf Zaidi, spokesperson for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, claimed Pakistani forces killed dozens of Afghan fighters and destroyed multiple military posts and armored vehicles in “retaliatory” operations.
Afghan authorities, however, said their military offensive on Thursday was itself a response to earlier Pakistani air raids conducted last week. Afghanistan’s military claimed it captured more than a dozen Pakistani army posts and inflicted heavy casualties in “large-scale offensive operations” across several border provinces.
Pakistani officials described the Afghan attack as unprovoked and denied losing any positions.
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