Jige Mughalgai, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to overnight border strikes it blamed on Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tension between the neighbors soared following a suicide bombing in Peshawar a day earlier.

"The Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of a local civilian resident," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a social media post. "As a result, nine children (five boys and four girls) and one woman were martyred" in Khost province.

Mujahid said Pakistani airstrikes targeting the border regions of Kunar and Paktika wounded another four civilians.

The raids were carried out by drones and aircraft, according to Mustaghfir Gurbuz, a spokesman for the governor of Khost.

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