KABUL – Pakistan Military has resorted to artillery shelling at the TTPdens in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, the local officials saidSunday, Khaama Press has reported.
The shelling started late on Saturday night with the local officials sayingnearly 180 artillery shells landed in Dangam district.
The district administrative chief Ahmad Rahman Danish confirmed that theartillery shells landed in Afghanistan.
The artillery shelling started hours after a deadly suicide attack on anarmy unit of the Pakistani military in Swat valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the Pakistani military, at least eleven soldiers lost theirlives in the attack and around 13 others were wounded.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility behind the attack.
Last evening’s attack was carried out years after the Pakistani militarylaunched several operations in Swat which was once home to severalPakistani Taliban insurgents.