Pakistan Claims TTP, ISIS Hideouts Targeted in Overnight Airstrike in Eastern Afghanistan; Reports Say Civilians Hit

Pakistan claims its overnight airstrike in eastern Afghanistan targeted TTP and ISIS hideouts, while local reports claims civilians, including women and children, were hit.

Pakistan’s Information Ministry said overnight airstrikes targeted hideouts of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan in parts of Nangarhar and Paktika provinces.

In a statement, Islamabad described the strikes as “retaliatory,” carried out in response to recent suicide and car bomb attacks...