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25 December 2024

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46 dead in Pakistan strikes in Afghanistan

The Taliban's interim administration in Afghanistan reported on Wednesday that at least 46 people were killed in a bombing by Pakistani fighter jets in eastern Paktika province.

AhlulBayt News Agency:  The Taliban's interim administration in Afghanistan reported on Wednesday that at least 46 people were killed in a bombing by Pakistani fighter jets in eastern Paktika province.

Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the interim Taliban administration, said that Pakistani jets bombed four locations in Paktika’s Barmal district on Tuesday night, killing 46 people and injuring six, besides destroying houses, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.

According to Kabul, this is Pakistan’s second airstrike inside Afghanistan, after the first in March, which was formally protested by the Taliban administration.

Islamabad has yet to respond to the claims made by Kabul, However, media reports quoting unnamed Pakistani security officials said the fighter jets targeted camps of the banned militant group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).


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