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Afghanistan says Pakistan air raids killed 13 people, including children
Key takeaways
- No immediate comment from Pakistan as Taliban says 11 children are among the dead in strikes on border provinces.
- The attacks late on Tuesday were the deadliest in weeks and follow a period of relative calm at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
- Zabihullah Mujahid, chief spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban government, said in a post on X that the victims of the attacks included 11 children, one woman and an elderly man.
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No immediate comment from Pakistan as Taliban says 11 children are among the dead in strikes on border provinces.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and APPublished On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026Afghanistan has accused Pakistan’s military of killing at least 13 people, most of them children, in air attacks on the provinces of Kunar, Khost and Paktika.
The attacks late on Tuesday were the deadliest in weeks and follow a period of relative calm at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
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