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.

Afghan Taliban forces have targeted “several locations” in neighboring Pakistan. This comes a few days after Pakistani planes carried out strikes on camps in Afghanistan, according to Reuters and France 24.

A Pakistan paramilitary soldier has been killed and 11 others injured in firing by the Afghan Taliban forces at the border posts of Pakistan troops, days after strikes by Pakistan targeted the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) militants.

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

In a retaliatory strike against Pakistan, the Afghanistan forces hit several targets inside the country. Sources close to Taliban's defence ministry say that 19 Pakistani troops were killed in action.

Ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khowarazmi clarified the location of the strikes, stating, "We do not consider it to be the territory of Pakistan, therefore, we cannot confirm the territory, but it was on the other side of the hypothetical line.

This comes after Pakistan's bombardment 'targeting hideouts of Islamist militants' earlier this week, which Taliban claimed killed civilians.

It is the first public admission by a senior Taliban leader regarding the presence of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan operatives in the country

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,

At least 19 Pakistani soldiers and three Afghan civilians died after heavy clashes erupted between security forces of the two neighbouring nations at the border crossing points, media reports said on Saturday.