Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated sharply after Pakistan carried out another airstrike on Afghan territory on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Taliban fighters. According to Pakistani officials, the strike targeted terrorist hideouts in retaliation for a recent Taliban assault on a military installation in North Waziristan.

The renewed hostilities have cast a shadow over the upcoming peace talks and ceasefire discussions scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar. As reported by Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn, Saturday’s airstrikes followed closely on the heels of a deadly Taliban attack on a military facility in Mir Ali, claimed by the Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistani security forces say they neutralised all four attackers du

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