Pakistan forces kill 29 militants in border operation, Kabul says dozens of civilians dead

Sunday’s aerial assault was Pakistan’s second on targets in Afghanistan it said belonged to militants, and threatened to exacerbate an intermittent conflict between the former allies.

Pakistan’s security forces killed at least 29 militants in ground and air ​operations along the Afghanistan border, it said on Monday, while the ‌Afghan Taliban said at least 38 civilians were killed in airstrikes.