Afghan troops carried out a significant floor incursion into Pakistan on Friday and Pakistani forces responded by bombing main cities, together with the capital, Kabul—a significant escalation in a long-simmering battle.
It was the primary time that Pakistan carried out airstrikes in opposition to city areas deep inside Afghanistan, somewhat than limiting its operations to targets simply throughout the border. Along with Kabul, the southern metropolis of Kandahar—the place the Afghan Taliban motion was born and the place the group’s supreme chief, Haibatullah Akhundzada, presently lives—was additionally hit.
Pakistan claimed to have killed 274 Taliban officers and militants, whereas confirming that 12 of its personal personnel had died, in keeping with Reuters. However the Taliban stated it solely misplaced 13 fighters, whereas it had killed 55 Pakistani troopers.
