Pakistan Air Force carries out airstrikes on alleged militant hideouts in Afghanistan; Taliban warns of response

Islamabad, Sep 21 (UNI) The Pakistan Air Force carried out cross-border air strikes on alleged militant hideouts in eastern Afghanistan early on Monday, killing over three civilians, with Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's chief spokesman, terming Pakistan's latest airstrikes as a "war crime" and warning they "will not go unanswered." The pre-dawn strikes targeted areas in Nurgal district of Kunar province and Barmal district of Paktika province. They came in retaliation for Friday's suicide bombing at a mosque inside a police facility in north-western Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens more. Pakistan said the…