Afghan Taliban officials said on Wednesday that Pakistan launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people.
The two countries are engaged in a conflict that has left hundreds of people dead so far this year.
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Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told X that Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes in three Afghan provinces, including Khost, Kunar and Paktika.
Mujahid alleged that 11 children were among those killed in the attacks, claiming “Afghanistan’s airspace was violated and civilian homes were bombed.”
The spokesperson said that 14 people were injured, all of whom were children and women.
There was no immediate statement from Pakistan.
The alleged attacks on Wednesday came after a suspected Pakistani Taliban militant attacked a security post in the Hassan Khel area of northwestern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday said six Frontier Constabulary personnel were killed in gunfire after suspected militants attempted to capture a security post.
Deadly Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict
A period of relative peace along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border since the conflict broke out between the two South Asian neighbors earlier this year has been broken by reported renewed Pakistani attacks.
Following an increase in terrorist attacks on civilians and security forces inside Pakistan, in February Islamabad declared it was in “open war” with Kabul.
Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring terrorists who carry out attacks on its territory.
The Taliban denied the allegations, saying terrorism in Pakistan was an internal problem.
In March, the two countries agreed to a ceasefire, with China hosting peace talks.
A UN report last month estimated that at least 372 Afghan civilians have been killed and 397 wounded in the conflict in the first three months of this year.
Edited by: Natalie Muller
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