India, June 11 -- Pakistan on Wednesday said it carried out "precise and calibrated" overnight air strikes targeted at alleged terrorist hideous in Afghanistan and killed 26 people.

The affirmation by Information Minister Attaullah Tarar came hours after the Afghan government said that Pakistan air strikes killed several people in an overnight attack. This is the third time that the two countries are engaged in armed conflict since October last year.

On Wednesday, Tarar said that in the aftermath of recent terrorist incidents in Pakistan, "precise and calibrated strikes were carried out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas on hideouts and safe havens of masterminds and planners belonging to Fitna Al Khwarij, killing 26 khawarijs....