The aerial strikes hit launch and storage locations after UAVs were sent across the border, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has said<\/p>\n
Pakistan says it launched air attacks inside Afghanistan early on Thursday morning, in response to an alleged drone incursion from the neighboring country a day earlier \u2013 in another round of escalation between the two countries.
\nThe \u201caerial and drone strikes\u201d targeted ten locations for launching and storing the drones that crossed into Pakistan on Wednesday, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a post on X. He did not specify the locations hit.
\nThe minister said Pakistan\u2019s air defense systems \u201cneutralized all intruding platforms before they could reach any of their intended targets.\u201d He added that Pakistan\u2019s response was \u201cdeliberate, precise, calibrated and proportionate, and strictly limited to identified military objectives directly linked to the attempted attacks.\u201d
\nThe Afghan authorities have not yet issued an official response regarding the strikes or the damage inside their territory.<\/p>\n
Update-Ghazab lil HaqIslamabad, 24 September 2026;Pakistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the deliberate and unlawful incursion into Pakistan by drones on 23 September 2026, launched from Afghan territory. This constitutes a blatant violation of Pakistan\u2019s\u2026\u2014 Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) September 24, 2026 <\/p>\n
Militant attacks have risen in Pakistan\u2019s border areas in recent months. Islamabad has accused Kabul of hosting the militants and launched attacks inside Afghanistan in response. Kabul, however, says the strikes are hitting civilians.
\nIslamabad struck alleged militant hideouts in Afghanistan earlier this week, in retaliation for a car-bomb attack on a mosque in a police facility in Pakistan\u2019s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 18 that killed at least 16 people.<\/p>\n
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Pakistani airstrikes target alleged militant hideouts in Afghanistan<\/p>\n
Pakistan claimed that the strikes, in the Nurgal district of Kunar province and the Barmal district of Paktika province, killed 28 militants. Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban government said three civilians were killed, including a woman. A Taliban government spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, warned that there would be an \u201cappropriate response.\u201d
\nTarar said Thursday that Pakistan will \u201cneither accept nor tolerate attacks launched from Afghan territory, whether by terrorist groups or by the Afghan Taliban regime itself.\u201d He also called on the Taliban government to take action against the terror groups operating from Afghanistan, and warned against further provocations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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