"Pakistancarried out airstrikes in easternAfghanistanthat killed at least 10 civilians, including nine children, the Taliban said on Tuesday. What do we know about the Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan? Pakistani intelligence sources told the DPA news agency that the strikes targeted the hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban group in the border province of Khost and other regions. "A good number of militants have been killed and we will continue this," an official told DPA."
"Talibanspokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X that Pakistani forces "bombed the house of a local civilian" in Khost province late Monday, killing a woman and nine children. He said further strikes hit Kunar and Paktika provinces, wounding four civilians. Mujahid also condemned the strikes in a statement on X and wrote that Afghanistan's Taliban government would "respond appropriately at the right time." The latest strikes risk last month's fragile ceasefire between the neighbors after their deadliest clashes in decades."
Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan that reportedly killed at least 10 civilians, including nine children. Pakistani intelligence said the strikes targeted Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Khost and other border regions and claimed a number of militants were killed. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said strikes bombed a civilian house in Khost, killing a woman and nine children, and that further strikes wounded civilians in Kunar and Paktika. The Taliban warned of an appropriate response and said the strikes risk undermining a fragile ceasefire. A separate suicide bombing in Peshawar killed at least three officers and injured others.
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