Pakistan Retaliates, Afghanistan Denies

0:00It's April 29. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Canada News Today, Local News Powered by AI. Pakistani troops took out several Afghan Taliban posts in a remote southwestern area on Wednesday, calling it payback for unprovoked attacks. They also hid hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban near Chaman Town in Baluchistan after a mortar shell from the Afghan side, killed one civilian, and wounded two others the day before. The officials say the strikes were quick and precise, stopping militants in their tracks. Interior Minister Mohezan Nokfi backed it up, saying the forces gave a strong reply to crush those bad intentions. Meanwhile, this ramps up. After Afghan reports two days earlier, claimed Pakistani fire hit a university and homes in the northeast, killing seven. People in injuring at least 85. Pakistan flat out denies launching those attacks. The two sides had met in western China back in early April, agreeing through mediators to cool things down and find a real fix.

1:02But Pakistan's dealing with a wave of assaults lately, mostly from the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP. Pakistan keeps pointing fingers at Afghanistan for sheltering these TTP fighters, who link up with the Afghan Taliban that grabbed power in 20. 21. The strikes flying both ways, these border beasts look set to keep simmering.