In retaliation to Pakitan's airstrikes, Afghan Taliban forces have attacked several areas in neighbouring Pakistan. Afghanistan's defence ministry in a statement on Saturday said that the strikes were conducted "beyond the 'hypothetical line'".
No casualties have been reported so far reported.
However, the ministry did not specify that the attack was carried out against Pakistan.
"Several points beyond the hypothetical line, serving as centres and hideouts for malicious elements and their supporters who organised and coordinated attacks in Afghanistan, were targeted in retaliation from the southeastern direction of the country," the ministry said.
On asked whether the statement referred to Pakistan, spokesperson Enayatullah Khowarazmi said they don't consider it to be the territory of Pakistan but the strikes were launched on the other side of the hypothetical line.
The strikes were launched at the long disputed border areas, which is referred to as the 'hypothetical line' by Afghanistan. The country has for decades rejected the border, known as the Durand Line, the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan established in 1893 as the border between British India and the Emirate of Afghanistan.
Pakistan's airstrikes in the Paktika province of Afghanistan have resulted in the deaths of 46 people. The attack has heightened the cross-border tensions with the Afghan Taliban vowing retaliation.
Paktika province borders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. The region has been a hotspot for insurgent activity for years.
