Ctv Atlantic: Pakistan Targets Militant Hideouts In Afghanistan As Conflict Continues
ctv atlantic coverage centers on an escalation in cross-border fighting after Pakistan struck militant hideouts in Kandahar province and carried out airstrikes in Kabul, Afghan, while both capitals traded claims and denials about damage, casualties and reprisals.
Cross-Border Strikes and Reported Damage
Pakistan said its military struck equipment storage facilities and “technical support infrastructure” in the latest attacks. Afghan government spokespeople said Pakistan hit two locations in Kandahar: a site used by security guards during the day that was empty at night and a drug rehabilitation centre that suffered slight damage. Afghan there were no casualties from those strikes.
Separately, a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul was said by an Afghan Taliban spokesperson to have hit a drug rehabilitation hospital and to have killed or wounded an unspecified number of people; Pakistan rejected that characterization and said it had targeted “military installations. ” Pakistan’s ministry said targeted sites included facilities hosting ammunition and equipment used by militants and fighters Pakistan labels as “Fitna al-Khawarij. ” ctv atlantic references to these developments highlight the conflicting accounts of what was struck.
Claims, Counterclaims And Military Responses
Afghanistan’s defence ministry said it carried out an attack on an army camp in Pakistan’s South Waziristan area in retaliation for the strikes in Kandahar, claiming it destroyed most of the camp’s command centre and other facilities and inflicted heavy casualties on the Pakistani military. Pakistan’s information ministry rejected those claims as “propaganda, ” saying a small drone was struck down and that “no military installation or infrastructure was hit. “
Afghan authorities also said they carried out operations inside Pakistan across the border from Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, claiming to have captured a Pakistani military outpost and killed several soldiers; Pakistan likewise rejected those assertions. The fighting follows an earlier exchange in which Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack into Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes that Afghanistan said had killed civilians.
Civilian Toll And Wider Consequences
Both sides have accused the other of targeting civilians, and dozens have been killed in the fighting, which shows no sign of abating. A mortar fired from Afghanistan destroyed a home in Bajaur, a district in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least four members of the same family and wounding two others, local. Pakistan’s president said Afghanistan had “crossed a red line” by launching drone attacks on civilian areas in Pakistan, and hours later Pakistan reportedly conducted strikes on an Afghan drone storage facility.
The latest clashes have upended a ceasefire that had been brokered previously. Observers note the risk of broader regional instability as tensions persist and both capitals continue to issue stark claims and denials about battlefield outcomes and targets.
The situation remains fluid: confirmed statements from each side describe strikes, counterstrikes and damage, while allegations about casualties and the destruction of military infrastructure are contested. Officials have scheduled no publicly announced next steps in the context provided, and both countries continue to exchange accusations as the conflict unfolds.
