Several Afghan Taliban killed as forces foil aggression attempt in Gulistan sector

QUETTA (APP) - Security Forces on Thursday killed several Afghan Taliban while foiling their attempt to carry out aggression in the Gulistan sector along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Security sources said that the Afghan Taliban attempted to enter Pakistani territory and carry out an act of aggression. However, Security Forces responded effectively, resulting in the killing of several Afghan Taliban. Intermittent exchange of fire between Security Forces and Afghan Taliban is still continuing, while troops remain fully alert and vigilant in the border area, the sources said. Security Forces remain fully prepared to respond promptly and effectively to any infiltration or aggression from Afghan territory into Pakistan, the sources added. Read More: Pakistan strikes 10 drone launch and storage sites in Afghanistan: Minister Earlier, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar strongly condemned a deliberate and unlawful drone incursion into Pakistan from Afghan territory, saying Islamabad had exercised its right to self-defence in response. In a statement posted on X, the minister said Pakistan's air defence systems had detected, tracked and neutralised all the intruding drones before they could reach their intended targets. He said Pakistan subsequently conducted precision aerial and drone strikes against 10 locations in Afghanistan that were used for launching and storing the drones. Atta Tarar said the strikes were deliberate, precise, calibrated and proportionate and were limited to identify military objectives directly linked to the attempted attacks against Pakistan. He said Pakistan had repeatedly conveyed its concerns to the Afghan Taliban regime and its interlocutors over the continued presence of terrorist sanctuaries and support networks on Afghan soil.