New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Pakistan carried out strikes on seven sites along its border with Afghanistan, targeting hideouts of Afghan-based militant group it blames for the recent suicide attacks, Islamabad said on Sunday.

Citing three attacks since the start of Ramadan, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, in a statement posted on X before dawn on Sunday, said Pakistan "carried out intelligence-based selective targeting of seven Terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Pakistani Taliban", also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and its affiliates in the border region.

Pakistan had also targeted an affiliate of the Islamic State group, he said, without indicating where the strikes were carried out.

However, Afghan government spoke...