KABUL: An Afghan military spokesman said Thursday the country had launched “heavy attacks” against its neighbor Pakistan, days after deadly strikes by Islamabad on Afghanistan.
“To retaliate for the air strikes by Pakistan in Nangarhar and Paktia... the border forces... in the eastern zone started heavy attacks on Pakistani outposts,” Wahidullah Mohammadi, spokesman for the military in eastern Afghanistan, said in a video message.
Pakistan said it had taken "immediate" action against Afghanistan in response to the "unprovoked" strikes.
Afghanistan "opened unprovoked fire on multiple locations" across the border in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Islamabad's information ministry said on X, adding it was "being met with immediate, and effective response".
