The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday said that Pakistan had carried out an intelligence-based operation against terrorists in \u201cborder areas based on threats to Pakistani citizens\u2019 security\u201d, referring to an airstrike conducted on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained due to frequent border skirmishes and Islamabad repeatedly demanding Kabul to take action against the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for using Afghan soil to launch attacks in Pakistan. Kabul denies the allegations.<\/p>\n
The FO spokesperson\u2019s statement \u2014 the first formal word by the government on the matter \u2014 comes after Pakistan carried out air strikes in the neighbouring country on Tuesday, which security officials said targeted several suspec\u00adted terrorists.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u2019s security officials late on Tuesday night had said that fighter jets bombed four locations, said to be TTP camps, in Afghanistan\u2019s eastern Pak\u00adtika province, targeting and neutralising several suspected terrorists.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, the Afghan Taliban regime lodged a strong protest with Islamabad over an airstrike, warning that Afghanistan\u2019s territorial sovereignty was the red line for the ruling Islamic Emirate.<\/p>\n
In a written statement issued in response to a Dawn.com query, the FO said: \u201cOur security and law enforcement personal conduct operation in border areas to protect the people of Pakistan from terrorist groups. These counterterrorism operations are carefully selected and based on accurate intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Responding to queries during a media briefing in Islamabad earlier today, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said: \u201cThe intelligence-based operation was conducted by Pakistan in Afghanistan\u2019s border areas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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