"Taliban chief spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, accused Pakistan of attempting to 'impose its domestic will on Afghanistan’, 'regretful' as military tensions between the neighboring countries intensified. Speaking from Kandahar on Friday about Pakistani military operations, Mujahid laid the blame for the escalation firmly with Islamabad. "They violated our airspace and bombed civilians, resulting in the senseless killing of innocent people, including children and women. All principles and laws have been blatantly disregarded. Jalalabad is in chaos, and the situation is fresh,” he explained. 'The Islamic Emirate has always insisted on peaceful negotiations,' the Afghan official stressed. "This morning airstrikes were again carried out in Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Laghman and Kunar, causing significant casualties and losses to local people. The casualties and losses have been reported," Mujahid continued. He also confirmed that the Ministry of Defence had conducted 'retaliatory operations against enemy forces'. Meanwhile, the Pakistani military announced on Friday it had launched airstrikes on 22 locations inside Afghanistan as part of an operation entitled Righteous Fury, which it stated came in response to attacks on its forces by Taliban forces. Pakistani army spokesperson General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed airstrikes had struck ‘carefully selected’ targets in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Nangarhar, Khost, and Paktika, while stressing they were all military. This follows what Taliban forces described as 'broad offensive operations’ against Pakistani military targets along the Durand Line overnight Thursday, according to Mujahid. "