Afghan forces carried out unprovoked firing at locations on the Pak-Afghan border including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Dir, Chitral, and Baram Chah (Balochistan), according to security sources.
The purpose of the firing was also to facilitate the crossing of foreign elements across the border, security sources said. The vigilant and alert posts of the Pakistan Army responded quickly and with a strong and severe counterattack, which is still ongoing, security sources added.
The Pakistan Army immediately gave a strong reaction and effectively targeted several Afghan posts, according to security sources.
Due to Pakistan’s timely action, several Afghan border posts were destroyed and dozens of Afghan soldiers and foreign elements were killed, security sources said.
The Taliban fled, leaving behind many of their posts and scattered bodies, security sources reported.
Afghan forces have retreated from several areas, security sources add.
Pakistan is also taking out precise strikes of Daesh and Khawarij training camps and hideouts inside Afghanistan along the border
The unprovoked aggression from Afghanistan coincided with its Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India.
Islamabad maintains that its patience is wearing thin after a series of deadly attacks inside Pakistan that it blames on militants operating from Afghan territory. “Enough is enough, Pakistan government and armed forces’ patience has worn out,” Defence Minister Khawaja Asif had said on Thursday in the National Assembly.
Speaking at a separate news conference in Peshawar, held almost simultaneously with the FO briefing, military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry also declined to confirm or deny whether the military had carried out strikes in Kabul. He nonetheless underscored Pakistan’s right and resolve to defend itself. “Afghanistan is being used as a base of operations for carrying out terrorism in Pakistan. There is also evidence of this,” he said.