Afghanistan responded strongly on Friday to Pakistani strikes that hit the country’s two largest cities, the capital Kabul and Kandahar, killing six people, Taliban officials claimed.
The escalation comes amid renewed tensions between the two Islamic neighbors, in what Islamabad described weeks ago as “open war.”The Taliban-ruled Afghan authorities have reportedly targeted its nuclear-armed neighbour’s strategic military centers and installations in retaliation.
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“In response to the Pakistani military regime’s overnight violations of the Durand Line, the Afghan Air Force targeted strategic military posts and facilities of Pakistani forces in the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this morning,” the handle wrote.
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It further claimed that “in the attacks, the Kohat Military Fort was destroyed, and near the same fort, at a distance of two kilometers, the Durand Line Conflict Command Post and the Office of the Military Fort Commander were also specifically targeted.”Earlier, Pakistan launched strikes on Afghanistan, hitting Kabul and Kandahar. Air strikes from Islamabad also hit homes in the Afghan capital and destroyed a fuel depot at Kandahar airport.
