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Days after Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan, the Taliban launched a series of targeted attacks a▨cross the neighbouring country.
Based on the statement issued by the Taliban defence ministry, attacks were conducted "beyond the hypothetical line". While authoriti༒es did not refer to Pakistan, this term is used by Afghan officials to refer to the disputed border with Pakistan.
"Several points beyond the hypothetical line, serving as centres and hideouts for malicious element🧜s and their supporters who organised and coordinated attacks in Afghanistan, were targeted in retaliation from the southeastern direction of the countrꦇy,” read the statement issued by the ministry.
When asked if the statement referred to Pakistan, the spokesperson for the defence ministry Enayﷺatullah Khowarazmi said - “We do not consider it to be th𓃲e territory of Pakistan, therefore, we cannot confirm the territory, but it was on the other side of the hypothetical line.”
Taliban-affiliated 🍎media outlet, Hurriyet Daily 🌞News, cited ministry sources as saying that the strikes killed 19 Pakistani troops and three Afghan civilians.
A comment from the Paꦿkistani Foreign Ministry is awaꦰited.
The Pak-Afghan border continues to cause tensions between the two allies. Over the past years, Pakistan has accused the Taliban of "not doing enou♔gh𓆏 to combat cross-border militant activity". This charge, however, as been denied by the Taliban government.
(With AP inputs)
