Islamabad announced on Sunday that it had carried out strikes on seven sites along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, targeting Afghan-based militant groups it holds responsible for recent suicide attacks.
Citing three incidents since the start of Ramadan last week, Pakistan “has conducted intelligence-based selective targeting of seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to the Pakistani Taliban” and its affiliates in the border region, a statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said.
The statement, posted on X by Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, added that an affiliate of the Islamic State group was also targeted.
The ministry did not specify the precise locations of the strikes or provide further operational details.
It said the attacks were carried out in response to a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad two weeks ago, as well as other recent suicide attacks in northwest Pakistan.
The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the mosque bombing, which killed at least 31 people and injured more than 160, marking the deadliest attack on Islamabad since the 2008 Marriott Hotel bombing.
Pakistan has accused Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities of permitting militants to use Afghan territory as a safe haven, and relations between the two countries have sharply deteriorated amid deadly border clashes in recent months.
