Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighboring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s defense ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside Afghanistan.

Kabul, Afghanistan - In a significant escalation of cross-border tensions, Afghanistan's Defence Ministry announced on Saturday that its forces conducted retaliatory strikes inside Pakistan . The response follows a deadly airstrike by Pakistan in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province last week that reportedly killed dozens,

People celebrated Afghanistan's retaliation in the country's southeastern Khost province, according to the organizer, Rasheedullah Hamdard.

Pakistan is paying heavily for its air strikes on Afghanistan. The Taliban launched an operation to avenge the attack. After which there was a clash between Pakistan and the Taliban in Paktia and Khost provinces.

The Afghan Taliban has launched a wave of artillery strikes against Pakistani checkpoints across the border, raising fears of war between the neighbouring countries.

Officials say rare Pakistani airstrikes have targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan, dismantling a training facility and killing some insurgents.

A Pakistan paramilitary soldier was killed and 11 others injured when Afghan Taliban forces fired on Pakistani border posts in Upper Kurram district. The clash followed Pakistan’s strikes against TTP militants in Afghanistan.

Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan reached a boiling point as Afghan forces carried out retaliatory strikes against Pakistan. This action came in response to deadly airstrikes conducted by Pakistan in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province,

A Taliban government official says Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children.