Afghan Taliban confirms “retaliatory” border attacks against Pakistan

The Taliban government has confirmed that it is attacking the Pakistani troops at numerous mountainous places at the northern border.

The victims are not yet clear in what the Taliban called “retaliatory operations” after it is said that Pakistan has violated Afghan airspace and bombard the market in its border on Thursday.

Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naki called the attacks of the Taliban “unprovoked”, accusing them of firing civilians. The Pakistani forces would react “with stone for every brick,” he warned.

Islamabad accuses Kabul of sheltering terrorists who target Pakistan on their soil, say the Taliban rejects. The escalation came when the Afghan Foreign Minister was in India for a historic visit.

It is alleged that both sides used small weapons and artillery in the Kunar-Karam region, BBC understands.

Saying that he “strongly condemns” the attacks of the Taliban, Naki stated: “The dismissal of Afghan forces for civil population is a gross violation of international laws.

“Afghanistan plays a game of fire and blood,” he said in a post of X.

A Pakistani military spokesman said they would take the necessary measures to protect Pakistani life and real estate.

The military has not officially commented on the military, but a source of security said the BBC shooting took place in several places along the Pakistan Afghan border, including Angoo Adda, Bajau, Kurram, Dir, Chitral and Baramcha.

A police officer located near the zero point in the Kurram neighborhood told the BBC that the heavy weapons fire started from the Afghan country around 10:00 pm local time (17:00 GMT).

He said they had received reports of intensive shooting from multiple places along the border.

Last week, Afghanistan The Taliban government has accused Pakistan of breaching the “sovereign territory of Kabul”As two strong explosions were heard in the city on Thursday.

Pakistan is bombing a civil market in the Pactica border province, in southeastern Afghanistan, the Taliban Ministry of Defense said on Friday. The locals there told the BBC Afghan service that a number of stores had been destroyed.

A senior Pakistani general, who is said to be used as a “base of terrorism operation against Pakistan”.

Pakistan has long accused the Afghan Taliban of authorizing the Pakistani Taliban, known as TTP, to operate from their land and fight the Islamabad government in an attempt to impose a strict Islamic management system.

The Taliban government has always denied it.

The last escalation came as Foreign Minister of Afghan Taliban Amir Khan Mutaki was in India for a week’s visit. In diplomatic thawing, Delhi said this would open the embassy in Kabul, which was closed four years ago when the Taliban returned to power.

“Afghanistan will also receive a suitable answer like India so that he does not dare to look at Pakistan with a malicious eye,” Naki warned.

In a statement of Saudi Arabia that signed a Mutual defense pact With Pakistan last month, he called for self -restraint and avoiding escalation between Islamabad and Kabul.

Qatar also issued a statement, expressing concern about the borderline tension in Pakistan-Afghanistan and stated that “he insists on both sides to prioritize dialogue, diplomacy and restraint.”