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Pakistani airstrikes target Afghanistan after Islamabad accuses Kabul of drone attacks
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan said it carried out airstrikes early Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier, a sharp escalation in recent fighting between the two…
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Pakistan’s military attacked civilian areas in Afghanistan, killing three, according to the Taliban leadership in Kabul and raising the risk of renewed cross-border hostilities.
The Afghan border provinces of Kunar and Paktika were struck overnight. Pakistan said 28 militants were killed, Afghanistan said three civilians died. This follows soon after an attack on police in Kohat, Pakistan.
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's government said on Monday that airstrikes killed at least 28 militants in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, with one security official saying two Afghan provinces were targeted.
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistani airstrikeskilled at least three people in Afghanistan on Monday, Afghan officials said, in action that could reignite tensions between the neighbours after nearly three months of relative calm.
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's government said on Monday that it launched airstrikes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, killing at least 28 militants, with one security official saying two Afghan provinces were targeted.
ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's information ministry said on Monday that 28 "terrorists" and suicide bombers were killed in airstrikes on three targets in Afghanistan. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad, Writing by Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by YP Rajesh)
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani fighter jets carried out airstrikes on Monday on sites in eastern Afghanistan that Pakistani officials described as suspected militant hideouts. Pakistan said 28 militants were killed, while authorities in Kabul reported at least three deaths.
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani fighter jets on Monday struck sites in eastern Afghanistan that Pakistani officials described as suspected militant hideouts. Pakistan said 28 militants were killed, while authorities in Kabul reported at least three civilian deaths.
Local Pakistani officials say Afghan Taliban forces shelled Pakistani border posts after Pakistani troops foiled a cross-border infiltration attempt by militants
Pakistani air defenses shot down eight drones launched by the Afghan Taliban near the Torkham border and Kohat, reflecting ongoing high alert along the western frontier. Security sources describe the drones as rudimentary and frame the incidents as evidence of cross-border threats and the Taliban's …
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan said early Thursday that it had carried out airstrikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier, marking a sharp escalation between the neighbors that threatens mediation efforts by regional powers.
Pakistan said early Thursday that it had carried out airstrikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier, a sharp escalation in recent fighting between the neighbors that threatens mediation efforts.
Pakistan conducted airstrikes on ten sites in Afghanistan in response to alleged drone attacks and shelling of border posts, marking a significant escalation in tensions between Kabul and Islamabad.
Pakistan said it thwarted attacks launched from Afghanistan before retaliating with aerial and drone strikes at ten locations across the neighboring country.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan said it carried out airstrikes early Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier, a sharp escalation in recent fighting between the two…
Pakistan launched air strikes Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan in what Islamabad said was a retaliation for a drone attack by Afghanistan's Taliban forces on a border post. A Taliban government spokesman denied the allegation and said Pakistan's latest strikes killed four civilians in Afghanistan…
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