“Civilians martyred…” Afghanistan vows to take revenge for ‘cowardly act’ by Pakistan

Bombardment by the Pakistani army in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province on Dec 24 killed at least 46 people, most of whom were children and women, said the Afghan Taliban, vowing to retaliate against their neighbor.
The bombing occurred at four locations in Afghanistan, deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said on Wednesday (December 25), adding that six people were also injured.
Pakistani government and military officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A Pakistani official with knowledge of the matter, but declining to be named, told Reuters that Pakistan had carried out air strikes against a camp of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) Islamist militant group.
TTP pledges allegiance to, and gets its name from, the Afghan Taliban, but is not directly a part of the group that now rules Afghanistan. Its stated aim is to impose Islamic religious law in Pakistan, as the Taliban have done in Afghanistan.
A major TTP attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan area, which directly borders the location of the alleged camp targeted in Afghanistan, killed 16 Pakistani security personnel on Saturday.
The neighbours have a strained relationship, with Pakistan saying that several TTP attacks that have occurred in its country have been launched from Afghan soil - a charge the Afghan Taliban denies.

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