Afghanistan Claims Overnight Airstrikes on ISIS Hideouts Inside Pakistan
The Ministry of Defence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Friday announced that its Air Force conducted a series of targeted airstrikes overnight against what it identified as ISIS hideouts located within Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
"Last night, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's Defence Ministry's Air Force, by the grace of Almighty Allah, conducted a series of airstrikes against ISIS hideouts in Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces," the Ministry wrote in a post on X.
“These locations had reportedly been used, with the support of certain hostile intelligence circles, to plan and coordinate attacks against Afghanistan, and had previously served as operational bases for planning and launching several deadly attacks," the Ministry added.
"The strikes targeted locations in the Gulistan area of Qila Abdullah District, as well as the Shakar Ab Jungle Gardi area of Chagai District in Balochistan Province, where joint facilities used by ISIS militants and other hostile elements were successfully struck,” the Ministry said.
Additionally, an ISIS-Khorasan facility in the Qamber Khel area of Orakzai Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, frequented by several of the group's key leaders, was also successfully targeted," the Ministry said, adding that, "According to preliminary information, all pre-designated high-value targets were successfully struck during the operation."
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Furthermore, the Ministry of Defence stressed that Afghanistan will not tolerate any threats to its security, affirming to utilise its available capabilities in full strength to "neutralise and eliminate" such threats.
Emphasising a shift in its security policy, the Ministry declared that Afghanistan would no longer tolerate threats to its stability.
The statement concluded with a firm commitment to utilise all available military resources to neutralise and eliminate perceived threats to the country's security.
(With inputs from ANI)