Taliban’s military response to the attack of Pakistani fighters on Afghanistan
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted Reuters, according to the announcement of the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan, in response to Pakistan’s recent attack on this country, the country has targeted several points inside Pakistan.
In the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan, Pakistan was not specifically mentioned, but it was announced that the attacks were carried out “across the border line”; The “border line” known as the Durand line is a term used by the caretaker government of Afghanistan to refer to the common border of this country with Pakistan, which is the place of conflict between the parties.
Enayatullah Khwarazmi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan, in response to the question whether this statement refers to Pakistan, said: We do not consider this region as Pakistan’s territory, therefore, we cannot to confirm the “territory”, but these attacks were carried out across the border line.
Taliban warned of a retaliatory attack last Wednesday after the Pakistani attack. Islamabad has announced that it has targeted the hideouts of extremist militants.
Earlier, Xinhua quoted local media as saying that at least 19 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a clash between Pakistani and Afghan border guards at the border posts of the two countries.
The head of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs announced yesterday that more than 50 people were killed and 40 injured in Pakistan’s airstrike in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan.
