Pakistani military jets on December 24 conducted air strikes inside Afghanistan, targeting suspected hideouts of the Islamist militant group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The TTP positions targeted were in the Murgha area of the Bermal district in Afghanistan’s Paktika Province, according to sources. The area borders the Angoor Adda town in Pakistan’s volatile South Waziristan tribal district.
Pakistani jets carried out strikes against one target in the Murgha area and two more areas of the Bermal district.
There has been no official comment from Pakistan, but some accounts on X believed to be related to Pakistani intelligence confirmed the strikes and claimed casualties among the TTP militants.
An Afghan Taliban leader, speaking to RFE/RL on condition of anonymity, confirmed the strikes but added that it is too early to report on casualties.
The Afghan Taliban leader said an Afghan government official confirmed to him that there were strikes in three places in Paktika Province but it was not yet known who was targeted.
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