&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "Afghanistan launches airstrikes inside Pakistan, targets ISIS centres: Taliban")
The Afghan Air Force carried out airstrikes inside Pakistan, targeting what it described as ISIS centres used to plan and coordinate terrorist attacks against civilians in Afghanistan. The strikes reportedly hit locations in Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, the Taliban's Defence Ministry said, according to Tolo News.
The Taliban's Defence Ministry said the operation was carried out with precision, killing several ISIS fighters and causing significant material damage without any civilian casualties.
Kabul also vowed to strike any location used to undermine Afghanistan's security.
Airstrikes follow deadly Pakistani attacks
The operation came two days after Pakistan launched a series of airstrikes along its border with Afghanistan on Sunday. According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), at least 28 civilians were killed, and 49 others were injured in the Pakistani strikes.
Afghanistan said Pakistan's latest strikes hit civilian homes, putting the death toll at 36, with more than 160 people injured.
The Taliban described Pakistan's action as a "cowardly act" and an "atrocity". Kabul has repeatedly accused Islamabad of carrying out unprovoked attacks that kill civilians, while Pakistan maintains it targets only militants.
The latest exchange comes months after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire in October following weeks of deadly clashes.
The renewed tensions also follow earlier Pakistani airstrikes on March 16 that hit the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Centre, also known as the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, a 2,000-bed facility in eastern Kabul. Afghan health and interior ministry officials said at least 408 people were killed and 265 injured, most of them patients undergoing treatment, while UNAMA later documented at least 269 deaths.
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Pakistan has long accused Afghanistan of harbouring militants responsible for attacks inside its territory, an allegation the Taliban government has repeatedly denied.
(This is a developing story; further details are awaited)
