Pakistan bombs eastern Afghanistan again, claims 28 militants killed; Kabul says 3
Overnight airstrikes in Kunar and Paktika reignite Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions days after deadly attacks on Pakistani security forces.
What to know
- Pakistan struck suspected militant hideouts in Afghanistan's Kunar and Paktika provinces early Monday, claiming 28 militants killed; Kabul says three civilians died and four were wounded.
- The strikes follow a Kohat police-compound attack that killed 21 and a Hangu shootout that killed six Pakistani security personnel.
- Relations between the two governments remain strained since worst-ever clashes in February and a March strike on Kabul that killed over 400 people.
- The Afghan Taliban has vowed a response, raising the risk of renewed cross-border fighting after months of relative calm.
Zabiullah Mujahid Afghan Taliban government spokesmanHamdullah Fitrat Afghan deputy government spokespersonPakistan's Information Ministry Government bodyPakistani security officials (anonymous) Military sources
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Afghan Taliban spokesman condemns strikes, vows response — Zabiullah Mujahid called the strikes an act of aggression meant to distract from Pakistan's internal security failures and said Kabul would respond.
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Pakistan and Afghanistan give conflicting casualty tolls — Two Pakistani security officials said 28 suspected militants were killed; Afghanistan's government said the strikes killed three civilians, members of one family, and wounded four others. Neither claim could be independently verified.
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Pakistan carries out airstrikes in Kunar and Paktika provinces
Pakistani jets struck locations in Nurgal district, Kunar, and Barmal district, Paktika, around 3 a.m., destroying a house, a shop and an unoccupied building.
“In Barmal District of Paktika (province), two locations...were bombarded, destroying one shop and one unoccupied house, with no casualties reported…”
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Six Pakistani security personnel killed in Hangu shootout — Six security personnel, including two army officers, were killed in a shootout with militants in Hangu district near the Afghan border, a day before the airstrikes.
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Pakistan's Information Ministry warns it could strike inside Afghanistan — Islamabad blamed the Kohat attack on militants it said were based in Afghanistan and accused the Afghan Taliban government of sheltering them, warning of possible cross-border action.
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Suicide bomber and gunmen attack police compound in Kohat, Pakistan — A suicide bomber struck a mosque inside a police compound and eight gunmen stormed offices, triggering a 20-hour gunbattle; at least 21 people, mostly police, were killed and more than 100 wounded.
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