A man sits in front of a destroyed building after an attack, which the Taliban say was an airstrike carried out by Pakistan's security forces, in Samkani District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, 29 June 2026;
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(Reuters) - Pakistan’s security forces carried out ground and air operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Sunday 28 June 2026, killing at least 29 militants, while the Afghan Taliban said dozens had been killed in air strikes in its border areas.
• Four fighters linked to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar were killed in the ground attacks, Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on X early on Monday 29 June 2026. The group is a faction of the Pakistani Taliban.
• Air strikes on three targets in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar killed 25 militants, while "large quantities of weapons and ammunition" were destroyed, he added.
• Dozens were killed and injured in air strikes by Pakistan, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said in a Monday post on X.
• "The attacks resulted in the deaths and injuries of dozens of civilians, including women and children. We strongly condemn this cowardly act of aggression and consider it a crime and an act of brutality," Zabiullah said.
• Pakistan was responding to "recent multiple terrorist incidents," Tarar said in his post.
• A Jamaat-ul-Ahrar bomb and gun attack on a Sindh Rangers facility in Karachi killed three paramilitary troops and injured four, Pakistan's military said on Saturday 27 June 2026.
• Islamabad accuses Kabul of harbouring militants that it says plot attacks in Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban denies the allegations and says militancy is Pakistan's internal problem.
