The attack comes days after the Taliban vowed to retaliate for what happened in Pakistan inside Afghanistan.
Afghan Taliban militants have targeted “several locations” in neighboring Pakistan, Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said, days after Pakistani air strikes. space bombs inside the country.
A statement from the Ministry of Defense on Saturday did not specifically mention that Pakistan had been hit, but said the attacks took place “beyond the 'imaginary line'” – a term used by Afghan officials to describe the border with Pakistan. a long-standing debate.
“Several points beyond the imaginary line, which serves as a hideout for criminals and their supporters who planned and directed attacks in Afghanistan, only wanted to take revenge in the southeast of the country,” the ministry said.
When asked if the statement referred to Pakistan, the ministry's spokesman Enayatullah Khowarazmi said: “We do not consider it a part of Pakistan, therefore, we cannot confirm that part, but it was part of the opinion.”
Afghanistan has for many years rejected the border, known as the Durand Line, drawn by British colonial officials in the 19th century across the mountainous and often lawless belt between what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan.
No details of the casualties or the areas affected were released. Pakistan's military liaison officer and a spokesman for the foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Meanwhile, a security source told AFP news agency on Saturday that one Pakistani soldier was killed and seven others were injured in a crossfire with Afghan forces.
The latest clashes, including armed clashes, began overnight between border forces on the border between Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Afghanistan's Khost province, officials from the two countries said.
The move comes as Afghan Taliban officials accused Pakistan of killing 46 people, mostly women and children, in an airstrike near the border this week.
Islamabad said it targeted people hiding along the border, while Afghan officials warned on Wednesday that they would retaliate.
The neighbors have strained relations, with Pakistan claiming that several attacks on its territory were launched from Afghan soil – a charge the Afghan Taliban denies.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – which shares similar views with its Afghan counterparts – last week said it had attacked an army base near the border with Afghanistan, in which Pakistan killed 16 soldiers.
“We want good relations with them (Afghanistan) but TTP must be stopped from killing our innocent people,” Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in an address to the cabinet on Friday.
“This is our red line.”