The exchanges come amid heightened tensions between the two sides over militant activity, repeated border clashes and Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, deepening a longstanding dispute over respons ...
The failure to agree on a joint statement underscored how the worsening Pakistan-Afghanistan dispute is now complicating wider regional efforts to build consensus on Afghanistan.
Pakistan's Ministry of Information said its strikes were against militant hideouts in two locations and that "initial reports suggest" that 22 militants had been killed.
The attacks came after Pakistan warned it could target militants inside Afghanistan following two deadly attacks in recent days on its security forces near the border.
Azhar, wanted in India over the Parliament, Mumbai, Pathankot and Pulwama attacks, has been claimed by Pakistan to have fled to Afghanistan since 2019.
