Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif speaks on the fourth day of the 80th session of the General Debate in the UN General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in 2025. On Sunday, Pakistan confirmed attacks in Afghanistan. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 22 (UPI) — Pakistan confirmed its Sunday attack on seven militant camps in Afghanistan Sunday.
The Pakistan Air Force launched a series of airstrikes in Nangarhar and Paktika, leaving some 18 people dead, including women and children.
“Pakistan has carried out intelligence-based selective targeting of seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Pakistani Taliban and its affiliates in the border region,” said Attaullah Tarar, the country’s information minster.
In a post to social media Sunday, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it has “summoned the Ambassador of Pakistan in Kabul.”
“IEA-MoFA vehemently condemns the violation of Afghanistan’s airspace and the targeting of civilians, describing it as a flagrant breach of Afghanistan’s territorial integrity and a provocative action,” another post states.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan summoned the Ambassador of Pakistan in Kabul.
In response to the Pakistani military strikes on Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties, IEA-MoFA summoned pic.twitter.com/1RUGczap4n— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Afghanistan (@MoFA_Afg) February 22, 2026
Sunday’s attacks were apparent retribution for violence that information ministry officials linked to “Afghanistan-based leadership and handlers,” CNN reported.
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