Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on Friday morning in parts of Paktika and Laghman provinces in the east, according to local sources.
The strikes targeted areas of Shakin district in Paktika as well as parts of Laghman province, the sources said. One of the attacks hit the Taliban’s 201 Khalid bin Walid Corps, according to the same accounts.
In Shakin district, a house was also struck, and the attack resulted in casualties, the sources said. The number of casualties was not immediately clear, and the claims could not be independently verified.
The Taliban have not publicly commented on the reported strikes.
