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Pakistan carries out ground operation, strikes along Afghan border, killing 29 militants
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- Pakistani security forces conducted a ground operation and airstrikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing 29 militants in response to recent attacks across Pakistan, according to Information Minister Attaullah Tarar.
- The operation targeted hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP), a separate group allied with the Afghan Taliban, amid escalating cross-border tensions.
- The strikes followed a deadly attack on paramilitary forces in Karachi claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, highlighting ongoing militant violence in Pakistan.
- This military action continues a pattern of cross-border violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with hundreds killed since February and failed peace talks mediated by international actors, including China.
- Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban government of harboring militants responsible for attacks within Pakistan, a charge Kabul denies, further straining bilateral relations.
