{"id":1168,"date":"2026-02-22T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:37:44","slug":"pakistan-launches-airstrikes-on-eastern-southeastern-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivenewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/pakistan-launches-airstrikes-on-eastern-southeastern-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan vows \u2018appropriate and measured response\u2019 to Pakistani strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Defence Ministry says attacks in Paktika, Nangarhar violate sovereignty, international law; accuses Pakistani military of repeated aggression, intelligence failures <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Defence Ministry of Afghanistan said on Sunday it would meet the reported Pakistani strikes on its soil with an \u201cappropriate and measured response\u201d at a \u201csuitable time\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry condemned the attacks &#8220;in the strongest possible terms&#8221; on US social media company X, describing them as a clear violation of national sovereignty, international law, principles of good neighbourliness and Islamic values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Taliban: Afghanistan will target Pakistani soldiers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fPa57rn2Ge\">https:\/\/t.co\/fPa57rn2Ge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6UG9Vd5buV\">pic.twitter.com\/6UG9Vd5buV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ansarpress (@ansarpress1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ansarpress1\/status\/2025594771994189881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It said targetting civilian and religious centres demonstrates the Pakistani military\u2019s intelligence and security shortcomings, and &#8220;such repeated acts of aggression will never be able to conceal their internal shortcomings&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistani forces reportedly carried out airstrikes in several areas of eastern and southeastern Afghanistan, according to Afghan media and the Pakistani Ministry of Information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPakistan in a retributive response, has carried out intelligence-based selective targetting of seven Terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Pakistani Taliban of Fitna al Khwarij (FAK) and its affiliates and Islamic State of Khorsan Province (ISKP) at the border region,\u201d the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting claimed on X early Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strikes came in the aftermath of recent suicide bombings in Pakistan, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPakistan expects and reiterates the Interim Afghan Government to fulfil its obligations and deny use of its soil by Khwarij and terrorists against Pakistan as the safety and security of people of Pakistan comes first and foremost,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan vowed to avenge the killing of two security personnel Saturday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, warning that it would not allow any attack launched from Afghanistan to go unanswered. &#8211; 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