Massive drone attacks cross the border, violent explosions have caused heavy losses in Afghanistan, and the Taliban vowed revenge!
At around 2 a.m. on November 25, a residential house in the eastern province of Khost, Afghanistan, was subjected to a fierce air strike, resulting in at least 10 civilian deaths. According to the Taliban's statement, this attack was not carried out by ground infiltration, but by a cross-border strike operation conducted jointly by "a large number of drones and aircraft" from Pakistan.
The spokesperson for the office of the governor of Khost province revealed that the attack occurred around 2 a.m. local time, targeting an ordinary house located in a border village. Witnesses at the scene described continuous explosions lasting nearly a minute, with the house completely reduced to rubble and several surrounding buildings also affected.
Just a few days ago, a suicide bombing attack occurred in the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, causing at least six deaths and dozens of injuries. Pakistani security agencies initially attributed the attack to armed groups inside Afghanistan and hinted that there might be external support. Although there is no conclusive evidence indicating that the Afghan Taliban government directly participated in the attack, Pakistan clearly regarded this air strike as a "retaliatory strike."
From a technical perspective, this cross-border operation used various aerial platforms. Although the Pakistani military has not officially admitted to launching the attack, Khost is located in a sensitive area along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and has long been the frontline of intelligence and military confrontation between the two sides. In the past five years, there has been a significant increase in cross-border drone activities in this region.
The Taliban found that Pakistan has recently started to launch more and more drone attacks, which has made the Baloch and TTP militants unaccustomed to.
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