Taliban announces end of military operation against Pakistan

KABUL, Oct. 13 (YPA) – The Ministry of Defense in the Taliban government said that is had ended its operation launched on Saturday against Pakistan along the shared border between the two countries.

Defense Ministry spokesman Inayatullah Khwarazmi said, “The armed forces of the Islamic Emirate successfully carried out operations against Pakistani security forces along the Durand Line, in response to repeated violations and airstrikes targeting Afghan territory initiated by the Pakistani army.”

He added, “This operation ended at midnight, but if Afghan territory is violated again, our armed forces are prepared to respond and act decisively.”

Earlier, local officials in Kunar, Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost, and Helmand, all provinces located along the Durand Line that forms the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, reported to the French News Agency that “intense clashes” occurred.

A senior official in Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, said that “Taliban forces began this evening using light weapons and then heavy artillery at four sites along the border.”

He added, “Pakistani forces responded with heavy gunfire and shot down three Afghan drones suspected of carrying explosives.”

@E.Y.M