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Pakistan Strikes Back: Targeted Raids Eliminate Militants in Afghanistan

After a deadly attack on its own security forces, Pakistan takes decisive action to dismantle terrorist safe havens across the border.

Foreign PolicyPublished June 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
File photo of a Pakistani soldier standing beside a barb-wire fencing in North Waziristan, along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan

Pakistan has taken necessary action to secure its borders, launching a series of targeted air strikes against militant strongholds inside Afghanistan. The operation, which Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar described as a calibrated response to recent terrorist incidents, resulted in the elimination of 26 militants.

These strikes were a direct and overdue reaction to a brutal attack near Peshawar that claimed the lives of at least six Pakistani security officers. By targeting training centers and ammunition caches, Pakistan is exercising its fundamental right to neutralize threats that have long festered in the region.

While the Taliban government in Kabul predictably denies that its territory serves as a staging ground for terror, the reality on the ground tells a different story.

Pakistan has consistently maintained that its priority is the safety of its citizens, and this latest military engagement demonstrates a refusal to tolerate the use of Afghan soil as a launchpad for attacks.

As regional tensions flare, the focus remains on the necessity of dismantling the safe havens that continue to undermine stability and threaten the lives of those on the front lines of this ongoing conflict.

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