Airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan

Pakistan in rare airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan on December 24, dismantling a training facility and killing some insurgents, four security officials said, Report informs via The Washington Post.

The strikes were carried out in a mountainous area in Paktika province bordering Pakistan, said the officials.

They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media on the record.

It was unclear whether the jets went deep inside Afghanistan, and how the strikes were launched.