Pakistani authorities in Karachi launched an intense demolishing drive against the Afghan settlers, which is ongoing in the provincial capital, officials said on Friday.
According to officials, more than 300 homes have been demolished during the first day of the operation, they said. Personnel from the Pakistan army, along with the police and local administration officials, are overseeing the operation in the region.
This comes days after Pakistan and Afghanistan engaged in fierce cross-border actions, killing dozens on each side. According to the Pakistan DG Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan lost 23 soldiers, while more than 200 Taliban fighters, along with dreaded Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) terrorist Noor Wali Mehsud, were killed in a coordinated air and ground forces assault inside Kabul.
Earlier, Pakistan lost 12 soldiers and an army major in the TTP-led terror attack in the Northern Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The attack triggered massive retaliation from the Pakistani armed forces, which carried out intense air strikes on several TTP launch pads located inside Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan viewed it as an attack on sovereignty and responded by launching the border raids on Pakistani posts, killing 7 soldiers. The next day, Pakistan carried out airstrikes with the assistance of the ground assault, killing dozens of Taliban fighters and capturing more than 21 Afghan posts that are still under the control of Pakistani forces.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan military establishment has accused India of supporting what they believed were terror attacks launched by the Taliban.
India has strongly rejected the claims, saying whatever is happening in the country is a result of its own policies.
Interestingly, both neighbours had signed the peace accords in Doha shortly after US forces pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021. While there is a 48-hour ceasefire in place between the two sides. The tensions are running high and could escalate quickly.
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