Daily Memo: Pakistan and Afghanistan Exchange Airstrikes

Both countries have launched attacks across their shared border.

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Escalating fighting. Pakistan on Friday launched airstrikes on neighboring Afghanistan in response to what Islamabad called an “unprovoked” attack by Afghan Taliban forces across the border. According to Pakistani officials, 133 Afghan Taliban fighters were killed and more than 200 were wounded. The strikes also destroyed the headquarters of two brigades in Kabul, a corps […]

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