Pakistan conducted strikes at 10 locations in Afghanistan in response to recent drone attacks: info minister

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Pakistan conducted precision aerial and drone strikes at 10 locations in Afghanistan in response to previous drone attacks launched from Afghan territory. The strikes targeted military objectives linked to the attempted drone attacks on Pakistan, asserting sovereign self-defense rights.

Pakistan has conducted precision aerial and drone strikes in 10 locations across Afghanistan in retaliation for drones launched from the neighbouring country a day earlier, Information Minister Atauallah Tarar said in the early hours of Thursday. “In exercise of its sovereign right to self-defence, Pakistan conducted precision aerial and drone strikes against 10 locations in Afghanistan used for launching and storing these drones,” Tarar wrote in a post on social media platform X. He added that the strikes were “deliberate, precise, calibrated and proportionate and strictly limited to identified military objectives directly linked to the attempted attacks against Pakistan”. More to follow.