Pakistan carried out an airstrike on Afghanistan: 9 children and a woman were killed – “Taliban”

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At least nine children and a woman have been killed after Pakistani forces launched an airstrike on a residential building in Afghanistan’s Khost province.

Source: Reuters with reference to the statement of the spokesman of the Afghan Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid

Mujahid’s direct speech: “Last night around midnight (local time – ed) in the Herbzvo district of Khost province, Pakistani troops bombed the house of a local resident of Wilayatu Khan. As a result, 9 children (5 boys and 4 girls) and one woman were killed, and their house was destroyed.”

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Details: According to Mujahid, in addition to the attack on Khost province, Pakistan also carried out military raids in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Paktika provinces, as a result of which four civilians were injured.

Prehistory:

• November 11 in the capital of Pakistan a suicide bomber killed 12 people. This terrorist attack was a sharp escalation of violence by militants and the first direct attack on civilians in Islamabad in a decade.
• In October, the Pakistani and Afghan military already engaged in open clashes, as a result of which dozens of people were killed.
• The parties tried to settle the conflict diplomatically. In October, it was in Doha (Qatar). an armistice was signedbut further peace talks in Turkey failed. It was not possible to conclude a long-term agreement because significant differences regarding the activities of militant groups hostile to Pakistan, which are based on the territory of Afghanistan.

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