Pakistan army attacks kabul 30

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Pakistan army attacks kabul 30 dead minister visits taj mahal

Amidst the Taliban government's Foreign Minister's visit to India, the Pakistan Army has unleashed a series of drone attacks in Kabul this morning that left several dead and at least two dozens of civilians.

Pakistan's military claimed that its security forces had killed 30 militants involved in the 7 October ambush on a Pakistani military convoy near the Afghan border, which had killed nine soldiers and two officers.

The militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, which, as they claimed, has consistently been fighting to overthrow the Islamabad government and replace it with a strict Islamic-led system of governance, meanwhile has claimed responsibility for the attack in the Orakzai district on 7 October.

"During the conduct of operation, based on credible intelligence ... after intense fire exchanges, all thirty Indian-sponsored Khwarij (militants) involved in the terrorist incident have been sent to hell," the military said in a statement.

Pakistan has also said that militants use neighbouring Afghanistan to train and plan attacks against Pakistan, a charge that Kabul has denied, however.

Afghanistan’s United Nations-sanctioned foreign minister Aamir Khan Muttaqi meanwhile has gone to India, the groundbreaking visit by a top Taliban leader since they returned to power in 2021, following the withdrawal of United States-led forces and the fall of Kabul.

Muttaqi, on arrival for his week-long visit to India, was given a warm reception by the Narendra Modi government. He reached Delhi on Thursday morning, accompanied by a delegation of five Taliban officials.

The delegation, as was learned, will travel to Deoband to visit the Dar ul Uloom seminary, the home of the ideological roots of the Taliban group, on Saturday. On Sunday, Muttaqi will travel to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal.