Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Dec. 26

ISLAMABAD/KABUL -- Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that the country's security forces conducted anti-terror operations in border areas with Afghanistan to protect its people from terror groups, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

The spokesman of the Afghan caretaker government Zabihullah Mujahid said Wednesday that Pakistan bombarded four locations in Barmal district of Paktika