In response to the Pakistani military’s air strikes in the early morning on Monday on the Barmal district of Paktika and the Spera district of Khost, the Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that they have responded to these attacks and targeted Pakistani military centers with heavy weapons.
The statement said: “Once again, Pakistani military and reconnaissance jets have entered Afghanistan’s territory and bombarded the homes of civilians in Barmal of Paktika and Spera of Khost.”
Meanwhile, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban government, in a statement said that any violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty would have bad consequences.
Mujahid, condemning the mentioned attacks, said that such attacks would have bad consequences that Pakistan would not be able to handle.
Zabihullah Mujahid’s statement said the following: “Last night around 3 AM, Pakistani aircraft bombed civilian homes in the Laman area of Barmal district in Paktika province and the Afghan Dubai area of Spera district in Khost province, resulting in 6 martyrs in Paktika, including 3 women and 3 children, and one house destroyed, and in Khost province, one house was destroyed and 2 women were martyred.”
He has requested the new government of Pakistan not to spoil the relations between the two countries because of the “reckless” actions of a few military generals and not to shift the blame of their incompetence onto the Afghan side.
Pakistani media reported that a commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) named Abdullah Shah was killed in these attacks.
Meanwhile, a commander of the TTP named Abdullah Shah, in a video where he speaks himself, has denied this news and said that he resides in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region and his activities continue there.
At the same time, in the Dand-e-Patan district of Paktia, a military confrontation between the Afghanistan and Pakistani soldiers started this morning (Monday) at seven and is ongoing, a local news agency from Afghanistan reported.
As per sources, in the artillery fire by the Afghanistan’s forces, three Pakistani soldiers were wounded in the Burki area across the Durand Line.
According to a Pakitsani news agency, a Pakistan army’s captain has been killed and two soldiers were injured in cross-border exchanges in Kurram District’s Parachinar today.