Pakistan claims 70 militants killed in strikes along Afghan border

Islamabad blames Afghan-based militants for a surge in deadly suicide bombings in the country and said 7 camps belonging to the Pakistani Taliban were targeted.

Pakistan claims to have killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the Afghan border

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for recent attacks inside the country, the deputy interior minister said. Kabul rejected the claim. Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s deputy interior minister, offered no evidence for his claim in an interview with Geo News that at least 70 militants were killed in the strikes. Pakistan’s state-run

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