Kabul, Mar 1 : In a huge development, Afghanistan tonight its forces have hit major military installations with drones deep inside Pakistan, including the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, and claimed to have caused “signficant damage to the intended targets”.
These attacks were carried out in response to the aerial strikes by Pakistani military, targeting Kabul, Bagram and several other places, it said and warned that any further such act by Pakistan would receive “a swift, decisive and proportionate response”.
The Afghan military also reportedly crossed the disputed Durand Line border tonight and attacked several Pakistani military posts.
The Afghan Ministry of Defense also said its forces had killed 32 Pakistani soldiers in cross-border attacks carried out on Saturday night (intervening between February 28 and March 1).
According to the ministry of the Taliban regime, the attacks—carried out by the 203 Mansouri, 201 Silab, and 205 Al-Badr Corps, also resulted in the wounding of 10 Pakistani soldiers and the destruction of four of their outposts.
In a separate statement tonight, it said, “Today, the Air Force of the Ministry of National Defense conducted precise and coordinated aerial operations against key military installations in Pakistan.”
These operations targeted the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, the 12th Division headquarters in Quetta (Balochistan), the Khwazai (military) Camp in the Mohmand Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as several other significant Pakistani military facilities and command centers, it said.
“Based on preliminary assessments, the strikes successfully caused significant damage to the intended targets,” it said.
“These operations were carried out in response to the recent aerial incursions by the Pakistani military, which struck Kabul, Bagram and several other regions last night and earlier today,” the Ministry said.
“It should be emphasised that any further violations of our airspace or acts of aggression by hostile Pakistani elements will be met with a swift, decisive, and proportionate response,” it warned.
Earlier, Deputy spokesperson for the Ministry Sediqulalh Nasrat said two drones of Pakistan’s military were shot down by the Afghan forces.
“The country’s defense forces last night launched offensive operations using laser weapons and advanced equipment against the enemy in the provinces of Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost, and Kandahar, led by the 203 Mansouri, 201 Khalid bin Walid, and 205 Al-Badr Corps,” Nasrat said.
The Afghan regime said Pakistani military carried out drone attacks last night on civilian homes in the Ghani Khail district of Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
As a result of these attacks, four houses were destroyed, one woman was killed, and two others were wounded, it said.
According to the Afghan regime, at least 52 civilians have been killed and 66 injured in attacks by Pakistan’s military regime starting from February 22 to February 28 in the provinces of Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Paktia, Kandahar, and Kunar in Afghanistan.
The killed and injured Afghan civilians included women and children. (NVI)
