By Asif Shahzad
ISLAMABAD, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s air force struck 10 locations in Afghanistan on Thursday, its second round of strikes in four days after three months of relative quiet along the two countries’ 2,600-km (1,600-mile) border.
Islamabad said it struck militant hideouts in retaliation for drones launched from Afghanistan. Kabul denied sending the drones and said the seven Afghan fatalities in strikes this week were all civilians.
Here is what is driving the latest escalation, and why previous attempts to contain it have failed.
