AFGHANISTAN ACCUSES PAKISTAN OF AIR RAIDS THAT KILLED 13 CIVILIANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN

Wed 10 June 2026:

Kabul has accused Pakistan’s military of carrying out air attacks in Kunar, Khost and Paktika that killed 13 people, the majority children.

The Tuesday night strikes ended weeks of relative quiet at the border.

Zabihullah Mujahid, chief spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban government, said in a post on X that the victims of the attacks included 11 children, one woman and an elderly man.

He said 14 other women and children were wounded.

“We strongly condemn this humanitarian crime and act of aggression,” he added.

There was no immediate comment on the strikes from Pakistan.

Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been fraught since the Taliban took power for a second time in 2021, with fighting escalating sharply in late February after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani air attacks.

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Islamabad has previously claimed attacks in Afghanistan, saying it targeted fighters from the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP.

An official in the Khost province told the AFP news agency that a house in the Spera district was struck, killing nine people and wounding 10 others. In the neighbouring Paktika province, two residents told AFP that a separate attack killed three civilians in the Barmal district. The air raid hit a home, and those killed were children, one of the residents said.

The air attacks came a day after suspected fighters from the TTP attacked a security post in the Hasan Khel area of northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan. The attack triggered an intense gun battle in which six members of the Federal Constabulary – a federal Pakistani paramilitary force – were killed and several others wounded, according to Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior.

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harbouring fighters that carry out deadly attacks inside Pakistan, especially the Pakistan Taliban or TTP.

Afghan officials deny the charge, countering that Pakistan harbours hostile groups and does not respect its sovereignty.

The United Nations reported in May that cross-border fighting had killed at least 372 Afghan civilians and injured another 397 in the first three months of 2026.

A fragile ceasefire deal reached in March collapsed after both sides accused the other of violating it.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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