Kabul, June 19 -- The Ministry of Defence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Friday announced that its Air Force conducted a series of targeted airstrikes overnight against what it identified as ISIS hideouts located within Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.

In a post on X, the Ministry called the operation a defensive measure, asserting that these locations were utilised to coordinate attacks against Afghanistan with the alleged support of "hostile intelligence circles.

"Last night, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's Defence Ministry's Air Force, by the grace of Almighty Allah, conducted a series of airstrikes against ISIS hideouts in Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. These locations...