Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif speaks on the fourth day of the 80th session of the General Debate in the UN General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in 2025. On Sunday, Pakistan confirmed attacks in Afghanistan. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Pakistan confirmed its Sunday attack on seven militant camps in Afghanistan.
The Pakistan Air Force launched a series of airstrikes in Nangarhar and Paktika, leaving some 18 people dead, including women and children.
"Pakistan has carried out intelligence-based selective targeting of seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Pakistani Taliban and its affiliates in the border region," said Attaullah Tarar, the country's information minster.
In a post to social media Sunday, Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it has "summoned the Ambassador of Pakistan in Kabul."
