PM’s spokesperson on Foreign Media Mosharraf Zaidi said that in response to unprovoked Afghan attacks, Pakistani counter strikes have been authorised and several iterations of these strikes have been conducted.

“A total of 72 Afghan Taliban combatants have been terminated, more than 120 have been injured. Sixteen Afghan Taliban posts have been destroyed and seven Afghan Taliban posts have been captured,” he said.

“A large ammunition depot, an Afghan Taliban battalion headquarters and an Afghan Taliban sector headquarters have been destroyed,” he said.

“So far, more than 36 tanks, artillery guns and armoured personnel carriers have been destroyed,” he said.

“Further counter-attacks are going to take place in keeping with Pakistan’s resolve to be immediate and effective in response to any aggression,” he added.