Pakistan Reports Casualties in Border Clashes with Afghanistan
Chaudhry claimed that Pakistani operations, including “coordinated” airstrikes by the Pakistan Air Force in abul","afghanistan"], entity["place","Kandahar","afghanistan"], and Paktia provinces, resulted in around 274 Afghan Taliban operatives and other fighters killed and about 400 injured, while taking care to avoid civilian targets. The strikes reportedly hit corps, battalion, and sector headquarters, as well as ammunition and logistics bases of Afghan forces.
According to Chaudhry, the Afghan side fired and conducted raids across 15 sectors at 53 points along the border, with Pakistan claiming that 73 Afghan posts were destroyed, 18 captured, and approximately 115 Afghan tanks and vehicles destroyed. He emphasized that Pakistan “acted in self-defense.”
Attaullah Tarar accused the Afghan government of offering “safe havens, training, and facilitation to terrorists who cross into Pakistan to murder innocent civilians and security personnel,” citing recent militant attacks within Pakistan. Chaudhry urged Kabul to make a “clear choice” between supporting the Pakistani state or terrorist organizations.
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