KABUL: Afghanistan said it would take a “necessary response at the proper time” after alleged overnight Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces killed nine children and a woman, a Taliban government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Pakistani forces “bombed the house of a local civilian” in the Khost province late on Monday, the Afghan Taliban government’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on X in a series of posts that included photos of the child victims.
The airstrikes also targeted the border provinces of Kunar and Paktika, injuring at least another four civilians, he added.
“The airstrikes carried out last night by Pakistani forces in Afghanistan’s Paktika, Khost, and Kunar provinces constitute a direct assault on Afghanistan’s sovereignty and expose the ongoing failures of Pakistan’s military regime,” Mujahid said.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan strongly condemns this violation and act of aggression, and stresses that defending its airspace, territory, and citizens is its legitimate right. A necessary response will be taken at the proper time.”
