Afghanistan launches retaliatory strikes on Pakistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s military launched an attack on Pakistan Thursday to retaliate for Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas earlier in the week, claiming to have captured more than a dozen Pakistani army posts in the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbors. Pakistan’s government, which had described Sunday’s airstrikes as an attack on militants harbored in the area, confirmed clashes were taking place Thursday along the border but dismissed claims that army posts had been captured. It called Afghanistan’s attack unprovoked. READ: Pakistan launches deadly strikes in Afghanistan “In response to the repeated rebellions and insurrections of the Pakistani military, large-scale […]... Keep on reading: Afghanistan launches retaliatory strikes on Pakistan