Kabul, Oct 12 (NVI) Two days after facing Pakistani airstrikes, Afghanistan tonight carried out a massive cross-border military action targeting Pakistan’s posts at a number of places along the frontier and destroying several of them.
The Afghan Army stated in a press release that it has launched attacks on Pakistani military outposts near the Durand Line (the border not accepted by the Taliban regime) in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, in retaliation for Pakistan’s airstrike on Kabul.
As per the latest reports, intense clashes are currently underway in Paktika, Kunar, Khost, Nangarhar and Helmand areas along the Durand Line.
Ariana News of Afghanistan reported that Afghan forces have captured 14 outposts of Pakistan and fighting is on.
Office of the Afghan Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah Azzam, meanwhile, confirmed on his Facebook page the capture of 4 Pakistani military posts — 3 in the Aryub Zazai area of Paktia and the Shakij post in Bahramcha, Helmand.
The captured Pakistani posts have been destroyed by the Afghan forces using landmines, the reports said.
The reports also said that Pakistan Army was using heavy artillery targeting civilian areas in Nangarhar and Paktia provinces. This has forced hundreds of villagers to flee from their homes.
The Afghan attack came two days after Pakistan carried out airstrikes on Kabul and Paktika provinces, ostensibly to target top leadership of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Afghanistan’s Taliban regime said the Pakistani airstrikes had hit a chicken market, without causing any major harm.
It had vowed to take steps to protect the country’s sovereignty. (NVI)
