RAWALPINDI -UNS: Pakistani forces retaliated swiftly, striking Afghanistan’s border posts and terrorist hideouts across multiple border points overnight, destroying several Afghan posts, capturing 19, and inflicting heavy losses on troops and militants, the security sources on Sunday.
Sources told Geo News that Afghan forces opened unprovoked gunfire at several border points, including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, and Kurram, while attacks were also reported in Dir, Chitral, Baramcha, and others.
The Afghan forces’ firing was aimed at helping Khawarij formations cross the border into Pakistan, according to security sources. They confirmed that Pakistan Army’s alert border posts responded with full force, engaging the attacking positions effectively.
Afghan forces were thrown into panic and reportedly requested Pakistan to stop its heavy retaliatory action after multiple Afghan posts, including Duran Mela and Turkmanzai camps, were blown apart.
Pakistani forces also struck Shahidan post, inflicting heavy losses on Afghan troops and militants, and levelled posts in Kurram and Jandosar.
The officials further said that Taliban fighters abandoned several bodies and posts before fleeing the area following Pakistan’s powerful counteraction. Dozens of Afghan soldiers and “Khawarij” were killed in retaliatory fire, said the sources.
Sources said that the Pakistani forces effectively dispersed militant formations inside Afghanistan after targeting multiple positions sheltering Daesh and Fitna al-Khawarij elements.
