Pakistani military conducted two airstrikes targeting Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts in the southeastern Afghan provinces of Paktika and Khost, resulting in the deaths of at least eight civilians, including five women and three children. The strikes, aimed at TTP sanctuaries, followed a series of terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing and coordinated attacks that killed seven soldiers, including a Lt. Col. and a Captain. In retaliation, the Afghan Taliban launched attacks on Pakistani military positions along the border, including the Kurram district, with artillery and mortar strikes targeting both military and civilian sites. The Afghan Taliban's spokesperson condemned the airstrikes as a violation of sovereignty, urging Pakistan to avoid such actions in the future. The Pakistani Foreign Office acknowledged the operation against TTP sanctuaries, emphasizing the regional threat posed by terrorist groups like the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group and the need for joint solutions. The situation has escalated tensions between the two countries, with both sides suffering casualties and the Afghan Interim Government summoning Pakistan's chargé d’affaires in Kabul to protest the airstrikes.
The Taliban says it carried out air strikes and fired heavy weapons at Pakistani forces along the border in retaliation for the Pakistani airstrikes. 4 civilians were wounded and 3 members of the Pakistani military were also wounded in the Taliban strikes, according to AJ. https://t.co/iOtgADoTe0
🇦🇫🇵🇰⚡ Sending more armored equipment and weapons from the Taliban side to the border of Pakistan. https://t.co/s3lS3xQFXD
Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan early on Monday, the foreign ministry said. https://t.co/GQK763uJRU
Tensions high after Pakistan launches cross-border attacks into Afghanistan, killing civilians. https://t.co/8F9h1i3cEq
The recent airstrikes conducted by the Pakistani airforce within Afghanistan's borders, purportedly targeting Waziristani refugee camps, have prompted responses from both the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan and Afghanistan. https://t.co/89Tm7ZUl7P https://t.co/ydQQAWZEMB
📍Afghanistan Interim Government spox Mujahid said that Pakistan's air force killed 6 civilians in the Paktika province and called the Pakistani people & government of Islamabad to stop some of their generals. https://t.co/9urR7wADU0
Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan early on Monday, killing at least eight people and drawing return fire from the Afghan Taliban, officials said. https://t.co/NhqAh5jvSY
TKD MONITORING: ISKP issued a statement commenting on today's Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan. For a summary of the statement, visit: https://t.co/hmNieTUK7u
At least eight people were killed by Pakistani airstrikes launched into Afghanistan on Monday morning, according to Taliban officials, escalating tensions between two countries that have clashed over the recent rise in militant violence on Pakistan’s soil. https://t.co/P6fcsH8UHa
Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan kill at least 8 people, says #Afghanistan https://t.co/DSmh7IYQaJ
In an interview with @bbcpashto, Afghan Taliban spokesman @Zabehulah_M33 confirmed that the Taliban leadership had instructed its forces to target Pakistani forces in the border regions of Khost, Paktia, and Paktika. He stated that these actions were undertaken in response to… https://t.co/UCn1LxMK0g
Pakistan launched two airstrikes into Afghanistan that killed at least eight people, Afghan officials said, escalating simmering tensions between the two countries. https://t.co/6VI9sbw4RU
🔴 Eight killed in ‘reckless’ Pakistan strikes on Afghanistan https://t.co/n5hTjYZhyR
Taliban forces launch a series of attacks in Pakistan after Pakistani airstrikes kill 8 in Afghanistan. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/i5TkgG105L
🇦🇫🇵🇰⚡️ Taliban artillery attacks against Pakistani border bases in response to the Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory. https://t.co/5t9GwsILP7
🇦🇫🇵🇰⚡ The Taliban government announced strikes against Pakistani military positions along the border, as retaliation for the Pakistani airstrike on Afghan territory, killing 8. https://t.co/Uj8T6kXmvn https://t.co/yZ53M7WPKE
Is this a policy change by Pakistan? I doubt it but we'll see. Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan after it lost a Lt. Col. and a Captain in a single Pakistani Taliban attack. Will Pakistan react the same way every time any cop or a sepoy is killed from now on? I… https://t.co/cbfSAtG5PG
Pakistan air strikes kill eight, including children, in Afghan border areas, says Kabul https://t.co/uoq09OvCV8
▪️Terrorist groups like TTP are a collective threat to regional peace and security. ▪️We fully realize the challenge Afghan authorities face in combating the threat posed by TTP. ▪️#Pakistan would therefore continue to work towards finding joint solutions in countering… https://t.co/qYESkXMu74 https://t.co/4sIPCQmPRn
Operation Against Terrorist Sanctuaries of TTP This morning #Pakistan carried out intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations in the border regions inside #Afghanistan. The prime target of today’s operation was the terrorists belonging to Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, which along… https://t.co/sXDUHon78J
BREAKING: Pakistan Foreign Office Acknowledges Operation Against Terrorist Sanctuaries of TTP in Border Areas of Afghanistan. This morning Pakistan carried out intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations in the border regions inside Afghanistan. The target of today’s…
UPDATE: Afghanistan’s Interim Government has summoned Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in Kabul on Monday to register a “strong protest” over the alleged cross border airstrikes in Khost and Paktika provinces which targeted alleged Pakistani Taliban hideouts, said the Afghan Interim… https://t.co/FzkRPGEw4q https://t.co/AQLgBgO9In
Pakistani jets target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing at least eight people https://t.co/x6tMe2uq7q
BREAKING: First casualties in the border clashes between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan. 1 Pakistani army officer killed and 2 wounded after Afghan artillery and mortar strikes. 🇦🇫🇵🇰 https://t.co/TewMXLPGUM
Afghanistan's Taliban said that Pakistan carried out two air strikes in Afghan territory, killing five women and three children, with a spokesman condemning the strikes as a violation of sovereignty https://t.co/3PjV783pt5
Pakistan carried out airstrikes in neighboring Afghanistan, following a weekend of attacks inside Pakistan which the authorities blame on militants based across the border https://t.co/SDHMiFr8i4 https://t.co/SDHMiFr8i4
"Afghanistan's Taliban government on March 18 said Pakistani warplanes bombed "militant hideouts" inside Afghanistan belonging to the Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), killing at least eight civilians, including three children." https://t.co/BJT5gidSIf
Pakistani airstrikes target suspected Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 https://t.co/JD2uS0SM6K https://t.co/kwwm6OOrNv
⚡️Pakistan Military Under Fire In Taliban Retaliation Attack - Taliban Heavy weapons were fired at Islamabad's army in retaliation for alleged airstrikes which killed 8 civilians, according to a statement released Monday (March 18). "Pakistan shouldn't blame Afghanistan for the… https://t.co/A18ltilBs1
Pictures of two of the five kids killed in the Pakistani airstrikes targeting a house in the Laman area of the Bermal region in Paktika province. (Verified) https://t.co/ycQME1mquW https://t.co/UzirpXFdTx
BREAKING: The Afghan Taliban are striking the Kurram district in Pakistan with both artillery and mortar shells. Apart from Pakistani military positions, civilian homes have also been targeted. 🇦🇫🇵🇰 https://t.co/4EjaTdLv1a
BREAKING: The Afghan Taliban are attacking Pakistani military positions in the Kurram district. Civilians from both sides of the border have started evacuating from the area as the fighting is expected to intensify. 🇦🇫🇵🇰 https://t.co/qiT8kUrtcZ
Escalation on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border Taliban terrorists struck Pakistan in response to raids on Paktika and Khost provinces. Earlier, Pakistan launched a series of strikes on Pakistani Taliban targets inside Afghanistan. This was in response to a terrorist attack on a… https://t.co/KX1KbnH9Hh
"The Taliban has accused Pakistan of killing eight women and children in two overnight air strikes in Afghanistan." https://t.co/aV3kgq4frY
BREAKING: The Afghan Taliban have announces that they are attacking Pakistani military positions across the border in revenge for the Pakistani airstrikes against the Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan which killed 8 a few hours ago. Significant escalation taking place. 🇦🇫🇵🇰 https://t.co/G5Fy3sD1FJ
TKD MONITORING: Pakistani Taliban (TTP) reacts to today's Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan. For a summary of the video and the statements, visit: https://t.co/836tHDXhoB
🇦🇫🇵🇰⚡ Pakistan strikes Pakistani Taliban inside Afghanistan.
Monitoring — The banned terrorist organization TTP and their Afghan handlers quickly initiated a propaganda campaign to distort the truth about Pakistan's precise strikes on terrorist hideouts by falsely claiming civilian casualties, specifically children. They are deceitfully… https://t.co/zxBgDoocNI
The Taliban gov't said Pakistan carried out air strikes inside Afghan territory, killing at least eight people, including three children. 🟡 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/gVEvdR4wEH https://t.co/HG9bHQAPmx
Pakistan-Taliban attacks live: Exchange of fire at border after 8 killed in Afghanistan by Pakistani airforce https://t.co/Tz9YQ2wZqN
Monitoring — Before any official statements from #Pakistan, the TTP released a statement, followed by a video featuring terrorist Abdullah Shah claiming he's alive in Shawal, Pakistan, refuting claims of his death in a strike on March 17/18. This move aimed to conceal Pakistan's… https://t.co/CAdFpMaaGr
Pakistan accused of killing eight women and children in Afghanistan air strikes https://t.co/Z9iOSLR0F3
Eight people were killed in air strikes by Pakistani military targeting the border regions in east Afghanistan https://t.co/Al8aaBaWfN
ALERT: Pakistan’s Federal Ministry of Interior has issued fresh directives to the provincial governments of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan to commence the second phase of repatriating illegal Afghan citizens following Eid ul Fitr. The decision was made during…
The Ministry of Defense of the Taliban declared that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's border forces retaliated against Pakistan's military installations along the Durand Line by launching artillery fire. This action was taken in response to Pakistan's airstrikes targeting… https://t.co/MzfLGF9b4l https://t.co/ZibsLIurkc
#Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of Pakistani #Taliban inside #Afghanistan, two days after insurgents killed seven soldiers in a suicide bombing and coordinated attacks in the northwest, two security officials say. https://t.co/31P7XPE9Um
BREAKING: Pakistan air force jets reportedly launched airstrikes inside Afghanistan https://t.co/LNct1d8DRB
TKD MONITORING: The defence ministry of the Interim Afghan Government claims that it has carried out multiple retaliatory attacks on security installations in Pakistan, along the border. "In retaliation, the border forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan targeted Pakistani… https://t.co/vbpsb4tbxO
The Taliban Ministry of Defense has confirmed that Taliban forces have targeted the Pakistani forces' installations in response to Pakistani airstrikes in Khost and Paktika. "This morning, Pakistan's reconnaissance and fighter jets once again entered the territory of Afghanistan… https://t.co/iJVhV2rzNY https://t.co/sd5kSsFslh
Pakistani airstrikes killed eight people, including three children in border regions of Afghanistan, according to theTaliban regime. https://t.co/Sx9Jg6Z3HJ
⚡️Pakistan Airstrikes Kill 8 In Afghanistan - Taliban Statement Airstrikes on multiple suspected hideouts of Pakistani Taliban near the border with Afghanistan allegedly killed five women and three children on Monday (March 18), the group claimed. The attacks amount to an… https://t.co/Xg16UPoBed
3 Children Among 8 Killed In Pakistani Air Strikes In Afghanistan https://t.co/lYy0CT8ifh
The Taliban have initiated artillery barrages from the Dand-e Patan district of Paktia province, targeting areas under Pakistan's jurisdiction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. https://t.co/yo15zdNPxG https://t.co/Si1AnIDbCi
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said on Monday that Pakistan carried out two air strikes inside Afghan territory, killing eight women and children. https://t.co/OisX1ytksK
Pakistan carried out two air strikes inside Afghanistan, killed 8 people - Taliban https://t.co/srZSQzMw2o https://t.co/BdgBMtrGZ4
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban, strongly condemned Pakistan's incursion into Afghanistan's airspace and subsequent airstrikes in Paktika and Khost provinces. Mujahid revealed that the airstrikes resulted in the tragic loss of innocent lives, including six… https://t.co/mLegKYMAJj
“AIR STRIKES INSIDE AFGHANISTAN COULD LEAD TO ESCALATION BEYOND PAKISTANS CONTROL”: INTERIM AFGHANISTAN GOVERNMENT The spokesperson of the Afghan Interim Government, Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that Pakistani aircraft’s struck around 3 o'clock last night in Paktika…
Over the past two decades, the Afghan Taliban utilized Pakistani territory for various purposes, including as a sanctuary for leadership, treating wounded members, establishing training camps, and even facilitating travel for peace negotiations. This situation was well-known,…
The Afghan Taliban spokesman @Zabehulah_M33 has confirmed airstrikes conducted by Pakistan in the Afghan provinces of Paktika and Khost, urging Pakistan to avoid such attacks in the future, as their consequences may spiral beyond Pakistan's control. Mujahid stated that eight… https://t.co/Ec1UepA08Q
ALERT: “There is intermittent firing from the Afghan forces into Pakistan on three borders simultaneously - Kurram tribal district, North Waziristan tribal district and South Waziristan lower tribal districts - multiple mortar shells and bullets have landed into Pakistani…
As per sources last night, #Pakistan targeted terrorist bases in paktia and khost provinces of Afghanistan. Several terrorists have been killed as per initial reports. The targeted terrorist centers were involved in planning, abetting and executing numerous attacks in…
According to eyewitnesses, Pakistani airstrikes in the Laman area of the Bermal district in Paktika province targeted the house of a Mehsud tribesman from South Waziristan. The attack resulted in the deaths of his two wives and five children, including three boys and two girls. https://t.co/le7QIQ3hcM
As per eyewitnesses, Pakistani airstrikes in the Laman area of the Bermal district of Paktika province targeted the house of a Mehsud tribesman from South Waziristan, resulting in the deaths of his two wives and five children.
Some media sources reported alleged Pakistani airstrikes in Kunar province of Afghanistan. However, according to local sources, fighter jets were observed flying over Konar at night without engaging in any attacks. https://t.co/Kuu5IQCGmG
Taliban accuses Pakistan of conducting airstrikes in Paktika, and Khost, two areas in Afghanistan located near the Durand Line with Pakistan. Child and five others killed in Paktika, according to Shamshad. https://t.co/t6c903h77d
In a statement, the TTP condemned the Pakistani establishment's airstrikes in Khost and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan, emphasizing that the strikes targeted refugee camps rather than TTP members, resulting in the deaths of women and children. The TTP spokesman reiterated that… https://t.co/Oa7YkAi7RU https://t.co/95uAL24eTq
In response to the Pakistan airstrikes in Afghanistan, the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) rejected the reported death of its commander, Abdullah Shah, stating that he is alive and located on the Pakistani side of the border. The TTP claims that the strikes targeted houses of Pakistani… https://t.co/5w24TVUbLB
Several pro-Taliban accounts have reported Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan's Paktika and Khost provinces. While the Taliban has yet to issue an official response, these accounts have confirmed the deaths of at least five civilians, including two women and three children, and… https://t.co/OhNJQWaAWR
This image is circulating on Pakistani social media as the country wakes up to the reports of Pakistani airstrikes against TTP in Afghanistan. https://t.co/5KEBKh7nkM https://t.co/dXQUgHFedW
BREAKING: Pakistani fighter jets are striking targets in Afghanistan. Pakistan is showing the Taliban which country actually has access to serious weaponry 🇵🇰🇦🇫 https://t.co/7dj7znO6YF
The Pakistani Air Force conducted four cross-border attacks in the southeastern Afghan provinces of Paktika and Khost. They targeted four houses belonging to immigrants from Waziristan in the Laman area of Paktika's Bermal district, as well as three locations in "Passa-Mela,"…
NEW: Pakistani sources reporting that Pakistani fighter jets and drones are carrying out airstrikes against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) sites in Khost and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan. The event appears to be ongoing.
PAKISTAN AIRFORCE STRIKES PAKISTANI TALIBAN INSIDE AFGHANISTAN. According to reports received from Afghanistan, there have been ariel strikes in two different areas situated in the Khost and Paktika provinces on the shared border with Pakistan's North and South Waziristan tribal… https://t.co/4DI35YgiV4
BREAKING: A top Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan affiliate Abdullah Shah’s house has been targeted by aerial strikes in Laman area of Afghanistan, local sources in the area told The Khorasan Diary. “There have been explosions in at least three more areas” the sources said. https://t.co/R3Yu1oAhOZ
Pakistani Taliban Spokesperson Muhammad Khorasani strongly rejected the recent statement made by Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Asif Durrani. Durrani alleged that the TTP operates from Afghanistan with Indian funding. Khorasani reiterated the denial of any… https://t.co/e53nUeHkEW https://t.co/2GuuQ3OtsR
Former spokesperson of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Ehsanullah Ehsan claims that Pakistan and Tajikistan have agreed to form and support an operational alliance between anti-Taliban resistance groups and the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) to counter the Taliban in… https://t.co/bfHcs2BhgR
ALERT: A police post in Janikhel, Bannu came under attack with firing from militants which was repulsed by police. Now loss of life was reported. Similarly, a police armoured personnel carrier was fired multiple shots in Darra Pezu, Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .… https://t.co/uUDfdapuLA
#PAKWatch🇵🇰: PAK = THIRD WORLD. On Sunday alone, police arrested ~100 Pakistanis protesting against PAK’s rigged election. These arrests include senior @PTIofficial members. PAK = THIRD WORLD. https://t.co/zUB1iew4cZ