Pakistan conducts precision strikes on 10 Afghan locations in response to drone attacks launched from across the border.
Pakistan carried out precision aerial and drone strikes against 10 locations in Afghanistan early Thursday, according to the country’s information minister. The strikes were launched in response to drone attacks originating from Afghanistan a day earlier, which Pakistan said it carried out in exercise of its sovereign right to self-defence.
- ▪Information Minister Atauallah Tarar announced the strikes via social media, stating they targeted locations used for launching and storing drones
- ▪Pakistan characterized the strikes as ‘deliberate, precise, calibrated and proportionate’ and strictly limited to identified military objectives
- ▪The retaliation followed drone attacks launched from Afghanistan against Pakistan the previous day
- ▪Tarar said the strikes were directly linked to defending against attempted attacks on Pakistan
- ▪Pakistan invoked its sovereign right to self-defence to justify the military action
- ▪The announcement came in the early hours of Thursday morning
Source: according to local media reports
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