Islamabad, Pakistan : President Asif Ali Zardari said on Saturday the Afghan Taliban had “crossed a red line” by launching what the military called “rudimentary drones” against civilian targets in Pakistan.
Pakistan’s military said they were intercepted on Friday night and did not reach their targets, including their own headquarters in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad.
The Taliban authorities lack a fully functional air force but have used locally produced drones, targeting areas primarily in border regions of Pakistan, experts say.
Pakistan’s military said debris from the downed drones on Friday injured two children in Quetta, in the southwest, and a civilian each in Kohat, south of Peshawar in the northwest, and Rawalpindi.
Security sources said airspace around the capital was temporarily closed as a precautionary measure when the drones were detected.
