Pakistan said it carried out air strikes on two locations in Afghanistan on Thursday, targeting camps of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, a banned Pakistani militant group) and allied groups and killing an estimated 22 militants. Kabul disputes this, saying the strikes on Kunar and Helmand provinces destroyed three houses and killed at least nine people, including women and children; neither side's casualty claims could be independently verified. The exchange follows about three months of relative calm and deepens a recurring border conflict, as Islamabad accuses the Taliban government of harbouring militants and Kabul denies it.