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Pakistan carries out airstrikes after Afghanistan launches retaliatory attacks
Pakistani military conducted airstrikes in three Afghan provinces overnight, officials said on Friday, escalating tensions after Afghan forces launched retaliatory attacks along the Durand Line.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), confirmed that Pakistani aircraft struck targets in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia. He said the attacks caused no casualties.
The airstrikes followed a series of assaults by Afghan forces on Pakistani military positions late Thursday. Kabul described these operations as retaliation for Pakistan’s earlier strikes in Nangarhar and Paktika earlier in the week.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defense said its forces had killed 55 soldiers from Pakistan, captured several others, and seized two military camps along with 19 posts. The ministry reported eight Afghan personnel killed and 11 wounded in the clashes.
Thirteen civilians were injured in Pakistani rocket attack on a returnees camp in Nangarhar.