Pakistan attacks Afghanistan/ Prime Minister Sharif: We are ready to crush the enemies

Pakistan's air force bombed the Afghan capital this morning, after months of close combat near their long mountainous border.

Pakistani forces attacked Kabul and the provinces of Kandahar and Paktika.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his country's forces are capable of "suppressing" its enemies, while the defense minister has declared "open war" on the Afghan Taliban.

"The Afghan Taliban will retaliate if attacked, but will not start fighting for the time being," a Taliban military spokesman told the BBC.

UN officials have called for an immediate calm in the fighting, while Iran has offered to mediate.

The foreign minister of Pakistan's ally Saudi Arabia has met with his Pakistani counterpart to discuss ways to reduce tensions.

"The airstrikes come after months of hostilities between the two countries," writes our South Asia and Afghanistan correspondent, Yogita Limaye./ CNA

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