The Government of Pakistan claimed to have bombed Kabulthe Afghan capital, in the early hours of this Friday and declared entering a “open war” with its neighboring country, in an escalation of the conflict that has already become the most serious incident between both countries since the return of the Taliban to power.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan’s spokesperson for foreign media, Mosharraf Zaidireported that Pakistani counterattacks hit “military objectives” in Kabul, Pact y Kandahar.
For his part, the main spokesperson for the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahidconfirmed the attacks on the capital and declared that no casualties have been reported: “The cowardly Pakistani army has carried out bombings in some areas of Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia,” he wrote in X.
BREAKING: 🇵🇰🇦🇫 The Pakistan Air Force has bombed the Taliban’s headquarters in Kabul, with reports claiming top Taliban leaders and around 200 militants have been killed. pic.twitter.com/BSIeMEg7Bo
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Mujahid added that Afghanistan carried out “major retaliation operations against Pakistani military positions in Kandahar y Helmand“.
The forces of the Taliban Government and Pakistan have been maintaining intense night fighting at various points along the border since Thursday after the launch of an operation coordinated by Kabul along the so-called Durand Linewhich comes five days after a series of air raids by Pakistan.
According to Zaidi, the Pakistani attacks have caused death of 133 Taliban and have left more than 200 injured.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asifalso spoke on the social network X: “Our patience has run out. From now on, we are in an open war between you and us“he wrote, addressing Afghanistan.
“Pakistan has made great efforts to maintain normality directly and through friendly countries. It has engaged in full-fledged diplomacy. But the Taliban have become a representative of India“Asif justified.
The Pakistani government also reported 27 Afghan posts destroyed and 9 captured.
Hours earlier, the Taliban government had ended its offensive against Pakistan and assured having killed 55 Pakistani soldiersin addition to having captured two bases and 19 posts along the Durand Line.
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