ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan on Sunday issued a stark warning that any further terrorist attacks emanating from Afghan territory will prompt direct strikes on terrorist positions inside Afghanistan, signalling a major shift in rules of engagement along the porous frontier.

The warning followed intense overnight clashes and a series of precision operations Islamabad says were carried out in self-defence. In an official military statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Pakistan had carried out targeted strikes against Taliban posts, training centres and command nodes it identified as safe havens for groups that attack Pakistani soil. The army framed the operations as limited, precise responses to what it described as "unprovoked" assaults on Pakistani border posts.

The operations

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