Pakistani Jets Target Suspected Pakistani Taliban Hideouts in Afghanistan, Killing 8 People

Pakistani Jets Target Suspected Pakistani Taliban Hideouts in Afghanistan, Killing 8 People
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The Associated Press
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ISLAMABAD—Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan early on Monday, the foreign ministry said. The Afghan Taliban said the attacks killed at least eight people and prompted return fire from their forces.

The exchange, two days after seven Pakistani soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing and coordinated attack in the country’s northwest, marked an escalation that is likely to further increase tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.