Pakistan said on Friday that it killed 228 Taliban fighters in a series of airstrikes targeting Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. According to Pakistani officials, another 314 Taliban members were injured during the operations.
A government spokesperson stated that 74 Taliban checkpoints were destroyed, while 18 were captured during the strikes.
On the Pakistani side, 27 people were reported injured.
Earlier, the Taliban administration claimed that eight of its fighters were killed and 11 others wounded in the attacks.
Pakistan’s Information Minister, Attaullah Tarar, said in a post on X that operations were carried out against Afghan Taliban defense targets in Kabul, Paktia, and Kandahar.
A Taliban spokesperson confirmed that Pakistani fighter jets carried out strikes in Kabul, Paktia, and Kandahar. However, he claimed that 55 Pakistani soldiers were killed and that Taliban forces seized 19 Pakistani military posts.
According to international news agency reports, gunfire and shelling were also reported near the key Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, raising concerns about further escalation along the border.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, AFP
