Pakistan Resumes Attacks in Afghanistan After Temporary Halt
Pakistani soldiers patrol the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Balochistan province, on March 19.
Photographer: Abdul Basit/AFP/Getty ImagesPakistan has resumed its military operations in Afghanistan that have killed hundreds on both sides of the border, ending a temporary ceasefire that was agreed last week to observe the Muslim festivity of Eid.
The operation will continue until the objectives are achieved, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said at a weekly briefing in Islamabad on Thursday. Pakistan has asked the Taliban government in Kabul to clamp down on militants operating and planning attacks from its soil - a charge denied by Afghanistan.