At least three killed in Pakistani airstrike on Afghanistan, Tolo News reports
- On Monday, Pakistani airstrikes hit residential areas in Afghanistan's Kunar and Paktika provinces, killing at least three civilians and wounding several others, Tolo News reported.
- Islamabad alleges militant groups use Afghan soil to launch cross-border attacks, justifying the strikes as counter-insurgency operations. The Taliban rejects these charges, asserting militancy is Pakistan's internal problem.
- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan documented more than 750 civilian casualties from cross-border violence in early 2026, with 399 additional casualties recorded from April-June.
- Warning of a "crushing response," Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid defended Afghanistan's right to territorial sovereignty. The strikes followed a deadly attack on a Pakistani police facility two days prior.
- These strikes threaten to reignite cross-border hostilities between the neighbours, who engaged in their worst conflict in years last February. Persistent security deadlocks continue to complicate diplomatic border management.
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Pakistan says it killed 28 militants, Taliban reports three civilian deaths
KABUL: Pakistan's government said on Monday (Sep 21) that airstrikes killed at least 28 militants in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, with one security official saying two Afghan provinces were targeted.Hours earlier, Afghan Taliban officials accused Islamabad of killing at least three civilians in ove
Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan
PATAN, KUNAR, Afghanistan — Pakistani bombardment has killed three civilians in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities said on Monday, with Islamabad saying its forces had targeted "terrorist hubs" along the border. AFP journalists saw a house in rubble in the village of Patan, where dozens of men gathered for the funerals of the victims of Pakistan's first deadly cross-border strikes since June. Mubin Khan, a farmer who was injured in the…
Pakistan conducts airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan in retaliation for terrorist attacks
The Pakistani Air Force conducted airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan reportedly targeting terrorist training centers in response to a recent complex suicide attack in western Pakistan. The Taliban denied involvement in the attack and promised an “appropriate response” to Pakistan’s airstrikes. The post Pakistan conducts airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan in retaliation for terrorist attacks appeared first on FDD's Long War Journal.
Relations between the former allies have been tense for years, with Pakistan accusing Afghanistan of harboring militants who carry out cross-border attacks. The post Resurgence of Conflict: Pakistan Kills 28 Militants – Afghanistan Reports Three Civilian Deaths appeared first on in.gr.
<p>Pakistan has launched airstrikes in Afghanistan and claimed the destruction of dozens of militants Pakistani fighters have struck suspected militant hideouts in eastern Afghanistan. Kabul said at least three people were killed.</p>
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