
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that its forces launched strikes inside Pakistan in response to deadly airstrikes conducted by Pakistan the previous week. The Pakistani operation targeted a training facility and insurgents in Afghanistan's Paktika province, resulting in the deaths of numerous civilians, including women and children.
The Taliban Defense Ministry stated that its forces targeted Pakistani locations that harbored individuals involved in organizing attacks in Afghanistan. However, specific details about the retaliatory strikes, such as the method of execution and casualties, were not disclosed by the Ministry spokesperson.