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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dalvinder Singh Grewal" data-source="post: 227645" data-attributes="member: 22683"><h3>Pakistan bombs 7 terrorist camps in Afghanistan in retaliatory strike</h3>February 22, 2026The Pakistan military operation targeting terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan escalated tensions between the two nations and raised concerns about regional security<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The recent attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing, were allegedly perpetrated by Khwarij on the behest of their Afghanistan-based leadership.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pakistan claims the Afghan Taliban regime has failed to prevent terrorists from using Afghan territory to launch attacks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pakistan urges the Afghan government to fulfill its obligations under the Doha Agreement to deny the use of its soil against other countries.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pakistan emphasizes that the safety and security of its citizens remains its top priority amid deteriorating relations with the Afghan Taliban.</li> </ul>Pakistan, in a midnight military action, targeted at least seven terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan in retaliation for the recent rebel attacks, it emerged on early Sunday.In the latest terrorist incident, an army lieutenant colonel and a soldier were killed in a suicide attack in the Bannu area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday. According to a statement by the ministry of information and broadcasting, Pakistan has conclusive evidence that these acts of terrorism, including at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad, one each in Bajaur and Bannu, followed by another incident in Bannu on Saturday, were allegedly perpetrated by Khwarij on the behest of their Afghanistan-based leadership and handlers."In this backdrop, Pakistan, in a retributive response, has carried out intelligence-based selective targeting of seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to the Pakistani Taliban of FAK and its affiliates and ISKP at the border region of the Pakistan-Afghan border with precision and accuracy," it said.The minister added that Pakistan expects and reiterates that the interim Afghan government fulfill its obligations.Pakistan also expects the international community to play a positive and constructive role by urging the Taliban regime to stand by its commitments as part of the Doha Agreement to deny use of its soil against other countries, an act vital for regional and global peace and security, it stated.It further said that Pakistan has always strived for maintaining peace and stability in the region, but at the same time, the "safety and security of our citizens remains our top priority."<h3>Deteriorating relations</h3>Relations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have deteriorated due to the alleged failure of Kabul to stop terrorists from using its soil to attack Pakistan.Last year in October, the two sides were briefly engaged in an armed conflict in which 23 Pakistani soldiers and over 200 Afghan Taliban soldiers were killed, according to the Pakistani army.Source: <a href="https://www.rediff.com/author/PTI" target="_blank">PTI</a></blockquote>

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