{"id":83989,"date":"2026-06-19T03:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/afghan-forces-strike-militant-bases-inside-pakistan-taliban-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T03:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:17:17","slug":"afghan-forces-strike-militant-bases-inside-pakistan-taliban-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/afghan-forces-strike-militant-bases-inside-pakistan-taliban-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Forces Strike Militant Bases Inside Pakistan, Taliban Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781853437275.png?resize=1920%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781853437275.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781853437275.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781853437275.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781853437275.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781853437275.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Afghan forces conducted air strikes against Islamist militant hideouts situated in two provinces of Pakistan, according to Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban-led defense ministry, which announced the action in a post on X on Friday.<\/p><p>The ministry stated that the targeted locations had been used to plan and organize attacks directed at Afghan territory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban-led defense ministry announced that Afghan forces carried out air strikes targeting Islamist militant hideouts located in two Pakistani provinces. According to the ministry, the targeted sites were being used to plan and coordinate attacks against Afghanistan. The announcement was made in a post on X on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":83988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1781853437275.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-lQF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79983,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/un-verifies-13-civilians-killed-in-pakistani-strikes-on-afghanistan\/","url_meta":{"origin":83989,"position":0},"title":"UN Verifies 13 Civilians Killed in Pakistani Strikes on Afghanistan","author":"Admin","date":"June 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has verified that 13 civilians died in Pakistani airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children. 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