Pakistan information minister on Friday confirmed that three cities, all in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were targeted by Taliban drone attacks, claiming that no one was harmed.
Drones hitting Pakistan Military Academy- PMA. pic.twitter.com/u9x0DpLFPL
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Attaullah Tarar said the attacks were carried out in Abbottabad, Swabi and Nowshera, claiming that Pakistan’s anti-drone systems shot down all of the drones and that there was no damage to life.
Tarar said the incidents exposed what he called “direct linkages” between the Taliban and militancy inside Pakistan.
The Afghan Taliban regime tried using Kamikaze drones in Swabi, Nowshera and Abbottabad — All drones were timely brought down without any loss of life — These drones have uncanny resemblance with Indian drones that were downed by Pakistan in May 2025. https://t.co/HqgY7LLIFD pic.twitter.com/JqVwZYjukM
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Earlier Friday, the Taliban’s Defense Ministry said its air force had struck several Pakistani military installations, including a site near Islamabad, describing the operation as retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes overnight on Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia.
The Taliban said the strikes targeted sites near Faizabad in Islamabad, a military camp in Nowshera, an army base in Jamrud and a military complex in Abbottabad.
The escalating exchange follows cross-border attacks late Thursday. The Taliban claimed that 55 Pakistani forces were killed in strikes on border outposts. Pakistan, in turn, claimed that 133 Taliban members were killed in its overnight airstrikes, while the Taliban said those strikes caused no casualties.
