Pakistani military air strikes kill at least 47 people in Afghanistan

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The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a Pashtun Islamist armed militant group based on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It shares a similar ideology with the Afghan Taliban.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban government said, “This is a cruelty and it is paving the way for enmity between Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

“The Pakistani side should know that if a war starts it will not be in the interest of any side.”

“The defeat of the United States eight months ago was a good lesson to aggressors who want to disrespect Afghanistan’s territory and freedom,” he added.

Islamabad is erecting a fence along its 2,700-kilometre (1,600-mile) border amid rising tensions between the neighbours. This has infuriated Taliban authorities.

(With inputs from agencies)

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