Key facts
- Pakistani airstrikes in three Afghan provinces killed at least 13 people, including 11 children.
- 14 others, identified as children and women, were injured.
- The strikes targeted civilian homes in Kunar, Khost, and Paktika provinces.
- The Afghan Taliban condemned the strikes as a violation of Afghanistan's airspace.
- Pakistan's Information Minister stated that separate strikes on militant hideouts killed 26 militants.
Pakistani airstrikes in three Afghan provinces killed at least 13 people, including 11 children, and wounded 14 others, the Afghan Taliban government reported on Wednesday. The Taliban condemned the strikes, which targeted civilian homes in Kunar, Khost, and Paktika provinces, as a violation of Afghanistan's airspace. Pakistan's Information Minister, Attaullah Tarar, stated that separate "calibrated strikes" along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, targeting militant camps and hideouts, killed 26 militants. Islamabad has accused Kabul of harboring militants responsible for attacks within Pakistan, a claim the Taliban denies, stating that militancy in Pakistan is an internal problem. Renewed violence between the two nations threatens to disturb a recent lull in fighting, despite ongoing dialogue mediated by China.