Army Targets Afghan Taliban Posts After Angoor Adda Firing, State Media Reports
State media says Pakistan’s army destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts in response to unprovoked firing at Angoor Adda — the latest escalation on a border under strain all week.
Highlights
- Pakistan’s armed forces targeted and destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts and military positions adjacent to South Waziristan and Parachinar, state media reported
- The army said it was responding to unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban along the border in the Angoor Adda area on Tuesday
- The firing claimed the life of one local and injured a family of five, according to the reports
- KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi condemned the firing, saying Pakistan would ‘never tolerate’ attacks on its people or sovereignty
Retaliation after the Angoor Adda firing
Pakistan’s armed forces targeted and destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts and military positions in areas adjacent to South Waziristan and Parachinar, state media reported on Friday, citing security sources Dawn.
According to state-run Radio Pakistan, the army “gave a befitting reply to unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban along the Pak-Afghan border in the Angoor Adda area” on Tuesday Dawn. On Tuesday, Afghan security forces opened unprovoked fire on Pakistan Army border posts and residential areas in the Angoor Adda border area, which claimed the life of one local and injured a family of five Dawn.
These details come from state media and security sources; no independent account from the Afghan side was reported in the same coverage.
The political response
KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi condemned the firing, asserting that Pakistan would “never tolerate” attacks on its people or violations of its sovereignty Dawn.
Part of a wider week of pressure
The border exchange lands in the same week that Pakistan took its case against the Taliban to the United Nations, arguing in the Human Rights Council dialogue that militant groups operate from Afghan soil with impunity — the subject of our report on Pakistan’s warning over Taliban repression. Military retaliation on the ground and diplomatic pressure in New York are two halves of one message to Kabul: the border firing, and the groups Pakistan blames for it, will draw a response on both tracks.
