A Pakistani military source said on 24th that security forces killed several
armed fighters from Afghanistan overnight in Gulistan district of Balochistan.
The source said intermittent firefights were continuing and Pakistani forces
would maintain high alert along the border, prepared to respond to any
incursions. Afghan government spokesman Mujahid posted that Pakistan conducted
early-morning airstrikes on three Afghan provinces on 24th, killing at least
four people; the strikes hit Paktia, Khost and Kandahar, and Kabul said it would
give an appropriate response to what it called barbaric aggression.
