KABUL—Taliban authorities on Saturday summoned Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul to protest against military strikes inside Afghanistan by Pakistani forces.
Residents and a local Taliban official said 36 people were killed in air strikes on Friday by Pakistani aircraft entering Afghan airspace. Pakistan denied it carried out the strikes.
Islamabad claims militants in Afghanistan carry out attacks inside Pakistan by crossing its lawless western border. The Taliban say they have controlled the attacks since taking over the country in August last year.
A statement from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Pakistan’s Ambassador in Kabul had been summoned over the recent attacks in Khost and Kunar provinces and given a diplomatic demarche to deliver to Islamabad.
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