Pakistan strikes Afghanistan as civilian death toll disputed
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Pakistan launched airstrikes against targets in Afghanistan, escalating tensions after Islamabad accused Kabul of involvement in attacks on Pakistani territory.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government said the strikes hit Kandahar, Paktia and Khost provinces. Accounts of the toll differed: Reuters and the BBC reported Taliban officials saying four civilians were killed, while Al Jazeera cited Afghan officials who said at least nine women and children were killed and 11 people wounded. Deutsche Welle reported the Taliban’s toll as nine to 10 civilians.
Pakistan said it struck 10 targets and described the operation as “deliberate, precise, calibrated, and proportionate,” limited to identified military objectives connected to attempted attacks against Pakistan. Deutsche Welle reported that Pakistan claimed 22 militants were killed and weapons and ammunition depots were destroyed.
In Paktia, an Afghan official said jets bombed the Taliban-controlled 203 Mansouri Corps. Officials in Khost reported damage to homes but no casualties there. The Taliban called the strikes hostile and promised an “appropriate response,” while Pakistan warned it would respond to further provocative acts.
The strikes followed a September 18 attack on a police compound in Kohat, northwest Pakistan, that killed at least 31 people. A group linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility. Islamabad accuses Afghanistan’s government of sheltering the Pakistani Taliban, an allegation Kabul denies. Pakistan had also carried out strikes near the border earlier in the week, saying they killed 28 militants; an Afghan provincial spokesman said three people were killed and four wounded.
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