On 25 December 2024, the Pakistani military conducted predawn airstrikes on multiple targets in Afghanistan's Paktika Province.
[9][10] Since fall of Kabul in August 2021, Pakistan is confronted with renewed threat of terrorism as Afghanistan-based anti-Pakistan terrorist groups have been injected with fresh dose of strength mainly due to the victory of Taliban in Afghanistan.
[11][12] The decade long anti-terrorism military campaigns resulted in major achievements for Pakistan till 2020 under its counter-terrorism strategy encompassed under National Action Plan.
Pakistan leadership has vowed to attack militant beyond its borders and repeatedly called upon Afghan government to deny its soil to anti-Pakistan terrorist groups.
The United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) claimed to have received credible reports of dozens of civilians killed, including women and children.
[38] The Pakistani government, reiterated its stance that the airstrikes were aimed at eradicating foreign backed terrorist group TTP safe havens in Afghanistan.
Internationally, the airstrikes have drawn mixed reactions, with some analysts supporting Pakistan's right to self-defense, while others condemned the strikes for causing casualties.
These attacks are seen as part of the broader instability in the region following the Taliban's return to power and the shifting dynamics between Pakistan and Afghanistan.