Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan kill nine, Kabul says
Pakistan said it hit militant hideouts and destroyed weapons caches, while Kabul said the strikes killed 9 women and children and wounded 11 others.
- On Thursday, Pakistani airstrikes hit two Afghan provinces, killing nine people according to the Afghan Taliban, while Pakistan's Information Ministry claimed 22 militants were killed in strikes targeting hideouts.
- Tensions between the two South Asian neighbors escalated after three months of relative calm, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of harboring militants who stage cross-border attacks.
- Mawlawi Sher Mohammad Wahdat, head of information and culture of Helmand Province, reported four deaths in Garmsir district, noting that "most of those killed and wounded are women and children."
- The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan documented over 1,100 civilian deaths and injuries from cross-border violence so far this year, underscoring the humanitarian toll of ongoing disputes.
- Pakistan denies striking civilians, maintaining its military operations target only militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan; casualty figures from either side remain unverified.
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KABUL: PAKISTANI AIRSTRIKES KILL NINE, TALIBAN SAYS AS FIGHTING FLARES
Afghanistan's Taliban government says Pakistani airstrikes killed nine people and wounded eleven in two provinces, while Pakistan says its forces struck only militants. The competing claims spread quickly across social media and regional outlets Thursday.
Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan have killed nine people and wounded 11 others, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban government said, adding that women and children were among the victims of the attacks in Kunar and Helmand provinces. The Pakistani government said the strikes targeted hideouts of terrorist organizations and killed 22 people it described as terrorists.
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The Independent (US)Children among nine killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, Taliban say
Pakistan, however, says strikes killed 22 ’terrorists’ after targeting their hideouts
Pakistan launched airstrikes against Afghanistan again early Thursday, with Kabul saying nine civilians were killed in the operations, while Islamabad said the victims were militants.
PAKISTAN carried out airstrikes on three houses in Afghanistan today, killing nine people, the Taliban government in Kabul announced.
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