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Pakistan said the strikes were successful effect to "recent violent incidents successful Pakistan"
Pakistan has launched deadly aerial strikes on its borderline with Afghanistan, breaking months of comparative calm successful the restive region.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said connected Wednesday that 4 targets had been destroyed successful "calibrated strikes" that had killed 26 militants. Afghanistan's Taliban authorities earlier said 13 people, including 11 children, were killed successful Pakistani strikes successful 3 provinces.
Pakistan has agelong accused Afghanistan of harbouring terrorists who transportation retired attacks connected Pakistani soil, a assertion the Taliban authorities rejects.
Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the strikes were successful effect to "recent violent incidents successful Pakistan" and that they targeted "hideouts and harmless havens" connected the border, including a grooming centre and an ammunition cache.
"Pakistan has ever strived for maintaining bid and stableness successful the region, but astatine the aforesaid clip the information and information of our citizens remains our apical priority," Tarar said.
Taliban authorities spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said earlier that Pakistani strikes had deed targets successful the provinces of Kunar, Khost and Paktika.
He said "11 children, 1 woman, and 1 aged antheral were killed" successful the strikes.
Apart from denying Pakistan's allegation that it had been providing harmless harbour to militants, Afghanistan's authorities has repeatedly said its territory is not being utilized to endanger the information of different countries.
There person been sporadic clashes since the dense warring successful precocious February and satellite leaders person called connected the 2 nations to cease hostilities.
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