Pakistani jets target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people

By MUNIR AHMED and RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry and officials say the country’s jets targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan, attacks that the Afghan Taliban say killed eight people. Monday’s airstrikes also drew return fire from the Afghan Taliban in an escalation that’s likely to further increase tensions between Islamabad and Kabul. The Pakistani strikes came two days after insurgents killed seven soldiers in a suicide bombing and coordinated attack in northwestern Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban said the strikes are an aggression on Afghanistan’s territorial integrity. Kabul said Afghan forces later on Monday “targeted Pakistan’s military centers along border with heavy weapons,” without providing details.