Kabul, June 19: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has claimed that its air force carried out overnight strikes on alleged Daesh (ISIS)-linked positions in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
In a statement, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense said the targeted locations were being used to plan and coordinate attacks against Afghanistan.
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According to the ministry, the operation struck pre-identified targets in the Golestan area of Balochistan and Qambarkhel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Taliban government said the action was aimed at neutralizing threats to Afghanistan’s security and warned that any future threats originating from outside its borders would be met with military force.
There was no immediate response from Pakistani authorities regarding the reported strikes.
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The development comes amid continuing tensions over cross-border militant activity along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier.
