KABUL: Afghan officials said Pakistani drones struck homes in Nangarhar and Khost provinces late on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding seven, prompting the Taliban government to summon Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul on Thursday in protest.
Last year, Kabul said bombardment by Pakistani military aircraft in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province had killed at least 46 people. Islamabad has never confirmed or denied the strikes.
In Khost’s Spera district, a southeastern border region adjacent to Pakistan’s North Waziristan, three children were killed and several others wounded when drones hit the home of Hajji Naeem Khan late on Wednesday, the province’s media chief said.
In Nangarhar’s Shinwar district, near Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan, a spokesman said four sons and two wives of a man named Shahsawar were among those injured when his house was destroyed.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry and Pakistan’s military media wing did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
