Pakistan strikes ten sites in Afghanistan; Taliban say four civilians killed
Pakistan said the air and drone strikes were retaliation for a Taliban drone attack on a border post, a claim the Taliban denied while reporting four civilian deaths.
Pakistan carried out air and drone strikes on ten sites in Afghanistan on Thursday, saying the action was retaliation for a drone attack by Taliban forces on a Pakistani border post, according to France 24.
A spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban government denied that its forces had carried out any such attack on Pakistani territory. The spokesman said Pakistan's strikes killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern and eastern provinces, France 24 reported.
The Taliban administration said it would respond to the strikes, though the report did not specify what form that response might take or provide a timeline.
The exchange is the latest escalation in a tense relationship between Islamabad and Kabul, with both sides in recent months trading accusations over cross-border militant activity and strikes targeting sites each says are linked to armed groups.
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- Pakistan launches air strikes in Afghanistan, killing civilians, Taliban says — France 24 — English
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