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Pakistani airstrikes hit three houses in Afghanistan on Thursday, killingnine people, including women and children, the Afghan Taliban government said,while Islamabad described the targets as militant hideouts and put the deathtoll among "terrorists" at 22.
The strikes in Afghanistan's Kunar and Helmand provinces came amid renewedtensions between the neighboring countries after about three months of relativecalm.
Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid reported that 11 otherpeople were wounded in the strikes, condemning the attacks as an act ofaggression.
CrimeLast night, Pakistani aircraft bombed civilian homes in Chugam, Shultan District of Kunar, and Safar, Garmser District of Helmand. Nine Afghan civilians, including women and children, were killed, 11 were injured, and three homes were destroyed. 1/2
— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) October 1, 2026Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Ministry said the strikes were carried out on thebasis of "credible intelligence" and targeted militant hideouts attwo locations.
"Large quantities of weapons and ammunition stored at these hideoutswas also destroyed," the ministry said.
*1st October, 2026;*In continuation of operation Ghazab lil Haq and Pakistan’s resolve to eliminate terrorists, their networks and supporters, well planned and calibrated aerial strikes against the hideouts and safe havens of terrorists organisations of Fitna al Khwarij and…
— Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (@MoIB_Official) October 1, 2026Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since a militant attackon a police facility in northwestern Pakistan last month killed 24 people.
The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan said last week that it haddocumented more than 1,100 civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan fromcross-border violence so far this year. Islamabad denies striking civilians andmaintains that it targets militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan.Afghanistan denies harboring militants.
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