Pakistan has carried out airstrikes and ground operations targeting militant hideouts in eastern Afghanistan, saying the operation killed 29 terrorists in response to a series of deadly attacks inside Pakistan.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said, “three targets in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar were destroyed during precision strikes”, referring to three eastern Afghan provinces.
According to Tarar, the strikes formed part of a wider operation that also included intelligence-based ground operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
He said the operation targeted Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a terror group often linked to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Tarar added that the overnight offensive was launched in response to an attack that killed three paramilitary troops in the southern city of Karachi on Saturday, as well as recent violence in Pakistan’s border provinces.
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