Afghanistan says Pakistani airstrikes in east of the country have killed 10 people, mostly children

Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday accused Pakistan of launching overnight strikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians, including nine children, in a sign of worsening tensions between the two neighbors.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesperson for the Afghan government, said on X that Pakistan “bombed” the home of a civilian in Khost province, killing nine children and a woman. He said additional strikes were carried out in the provinces of Kunar and Paktika, injuring four other people.

Mujahid described the attacks as “atrocities,” and said the strikes were “a violation of Afghan territory.” Afghanistan, he added in his post on X, “considers the use of its airspace and territory and defense of its people to be its legitimate right, and at t