Pakistan conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan killing 15; Taliban vows retaliation
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Pakistan conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan killing 15; Taliban vows retaliation

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Pakistan, in rare airstrikes, targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighbouring Afghanistan on Tuesday, dismantling a training facility and reportedly killing some insurgents. The attacks, which took place on the night of December 24, targeted seven villages, including Laman, where five members of a family were killed, Khaama Press reported. The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has increased its attacks on Pakistani forces in recent months, with Pakistan accusing the Afghan Taliban of providing shelter to these militants, Khaama Press reported. Second attack since March It was the second such attack on alleged hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban since March, when Pakistan said intelligence-based strikes took place in the border regions inside Afghanistan, news agency Associated Press reported.

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