Pakistani airstrikes killed 13 civilians, including 11 children in Afghanistan, Taliban says

Thirteen people, including women and children, were killed and 14 others injured after Pakistani airstrikes targeted civilian areas in eastern Afghanistan, according to the Taliban administration. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Wednesday that Pakistani military aircraft violated Afghanistan’s airspace and bombed residential homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika.

 

 

 

According to Mujahid, 11 children, one woman, and one elderly man were killed in the strikes, while 14 other women and children sustained injuries. He strongly condemned the attacks, calling them a “humanitarian crime” and an act of aggression against Afghanistan.

 

 

 

Pakistani military operations inside Afghanistan have reportedly resulted in hundreds of deaths over the past year amid rising cross-border tensions. In one of the deadliest incidents, a rehabilitation centre in Kabul was bombed in March in which at least 269 people were killed.

 

 

 

Over the past year, Pakistan has carried out several military operations inside Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban supports groups such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). The Taliban has denied the allegations and ​said militancy ​in Pakistan ⁠is an internal problem.