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.

Government spokesman says the attack in Khost destroyed a civilian home, killing five boys, four girls and a woman.

Pakistani forces bombed the home of a local resident in Afghanistan's Khost province several killed including children