Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan late Tuesday night and targeted suspected hideouts of Pakistani Taliban. These attacks were carried out in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan’s Paktika province bordering Pakistan. At least 46 people have been killed in this airstrike. News agency AP quoted Pakistani officials as saying that the training center of Pakistani Taliban i.e. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been destroyed in the attack. Officials claimed that many terrorists have died. However, it is not clear how deep the Pakistani planes went into Afghanistan and how they carried out the attacks. This is the second time this year that Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan. Afghanistan said – will retaliate
The Defense Ministry of Afghanistan has condemned the Pakistani airstrikes. Kabul alleged that civilians including women and children were targeted in the bombing. Afghanistan called it a violation of international rules. The Afghan Defense Ministry expressed displeasure by posting on the social media platform X. The ministry wrote that such unilateral steps are not a solution to any problem. Afghanistan talked about responding to the airstrikes. The ministry wrote, ‘It is our right to protect our motherland, we will definitely respond to this cowardly attack.’ TTP intensified attacks on Pakistan since 2022
Pakistan often alleges that the Pakistani Taliban uses Afghanistan’s land to carry out terrorist attacks on it. However, Afghanistan has been rejecting these allegations of Pakistan. With the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2021, the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has strengthened. TTP unilaterally ended the ceasefire with Pakistan in November 2022. After this, it has intensified attacks on Pakistan. In the last few months, TTP has killed many Pakistani soldiers and policemen. Pakistan has already carried out airstrikes in neighboring countries Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Iran on January 17. Pakistan claimed that they killed several BLA terrorists in Iran’s Sistan-Balochistan. Pakistan considers BLA a terrorist organization. However, Iran had said that 9 civilians were killed in Pakistan’s airstrike. Among them, there are 4 children and 3 women. Actually, Pakistan carried out this attack in response to Iran’s air strike. Iran attacked Pakistan’s Balochistan with missiles and drones on the night of 16 January. Iran had said that it had targeted the hideouts of terrorist organization Jaish al Adl in Pakistan. ———————————————– Read this news related to Pakistan too… Terrorist attack on Pakistani military post, 16 soldiers killed: Attack continued for 2 hours, machine gun looted, terrorists said – avenged the martyrdom of comrades. Terrorists attacked an army post in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the early hours of Saturday. In this, 16 Pakistani soldiers were killed while 5 were injured. The incident took place in Makin, 40 km away from the Afghanistan border. Read the full news here…
