The Taliban's Ministry of Defense strongly reacted to the overnight Pakistani airstrike on Barmal, Paktika, stating that the attack would not go unanswered, emphasizing that defending their land and Sovereignty was their legitimate right.

Officials say rare Pakistani airstrikes have targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan, dismantling a training facility and killing some insurgents.

Pakistan launched deadly airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Paktika province, killing at least 46 people, mostly women and children. The Afghan Taliban condemned the attack as a violation of international principles and vowed retaliation.