Leader Online Desk : Pakistan Air Force has launched an air strike on Afghanistan. Three women and three children have died in this attack. Property has also been damaged, reports 'ANI'. (Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan) Meanwhile, Pakistan's action came two days after a suicide bombing killed seven soldiers in northwest Pakistan. The attack is likely to increase the tension between the two countries. Afghanistan has warned that this attack is a violation of our sovereignty and will have dire consequences.
Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan: civilian homes targeted
A statement issued by Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, said that Pakistani military aircraft carried out airstrikes in the Barmal district of Paktika province in Afghanistan and the Afghan Dubai area of ​​Sepera district in Khost province. In these attacks, civilian houses were targeted. Six citizens have been killed in this. The dead included three women and three children. Zabihullah Mujahid also said that two women died due to house collapse in Khost. (Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan)
Half-a-dozen people killed in Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan
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Around 3 am on Sunday, Pakistani aircraft bombed civilian houses in Barmal district of Paktika province and Afghan Dubai area of ​​Sepera district of Khost province. One house collapsed in Paktika and one in Khost province. (Pakistan's airstrikes in Afghanistan) Pakistan's army has not commented on these attacks. For the first time since 2022, Pakistan has carried out airstrikes on Afghanistan.
Such attacks will have dire consequences: Afghanistan's warning to Pakistan
Pakistan has claimed that the airstrike was carried out to target terrorist Abdullah Shah. But Afghanistan has claimed that Abdullah Shah is actually in Pakistan. Also, Afghanistan has said that it is baseless for Pakistan to blame Afghanistan for its internal conflict. Afghanistan has also warned that such attacks will have very bad consequences.
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