ISLAMABAD: The Afghan government on Tuesday accused Pakistan of carrying out overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces that killed at least 10 civilians, including nine children and a woman, as Pakistan’s military separately announced it had killed 22 militants in an intelligence-based operation in its northwest region bordering Afghanistan.
The Taliban regime in Kabul said the strikes hit the Khost, Kunar and Paktika provinces.
“Last night at 12 o’clock in the Gerbzwo district of Khost province, Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of civilian local resident Wilayat Khan,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on X, posting images of the dead.
Mujahid said Pakistan also carried out raids in the provinces of Kunar and Paktika, injuring four civilians.
Pakistan’s military and foreign ministry have not yet commented on Kabul’s accusations, which come amid a sharp escalation of violence along the Afghan-Pakistan border, where militant attacks have surged in recent years.
