ISLAMABAD: Pakistan intercepted and shot down drones launched from Afghanistan over Islamabad, senior security officials said, as authorities temporarily suspended passenger flights at the capital’s airport as a precautionary step to ensure public safety.
As per the security officials, the drones were successfully destroyed on Friday in Islamabad.
As part of security measures, flight operations at Islamabad International Airport were temporarily suspended to ensure passenger safety, the officials said.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan’s security forces also shot down two drones in Kohat district of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the officials added.
Sources said Pakistan’s air defence system successfully intercepted and destroyed two Afghan drones near the Rawalpindi–Islamabad interception in the I-8 sector of the federal capital.
Authorities temporarily suspended flights at Islamabad International Airport for a short period to ensure public safety.
Pakistan’s precision strikes against terrorists
Earlier today, Pakistan said it had conducted “precision strikes” against terrorist infrastructure inside Afghanistan.
Since last month, Pakistan has launched Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq, targeting sanctuaries of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a terrorist group responsible for attacks in Pakistan.
A Pakistani security official confirmed on Friday that the strikes were carried out last night, destroying “four key locations,” including the infrastructure of a corps headquarters and an ammunition dump in Kabul, a terrorist training camp in Kandahar, an oil storage facility in Kandahar, and a militant camp in Paktia.
“The message is clear: no let-up, no negotiations, and no delegation sent by Pakistan,” the official said.
“There is just one consistent demand from the Afghan Taliban regime: stop supporting terrorists and harbouring terrorist leadership or face the consequences.”
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