Pakistani air strikes on three Afghan provinces killed at least 13 people, including 11 children, on Wednesday, the Afghan ​Taliban government said, in a renewal of a conflict that has claimed hundreds ‌of lives this year. At least 14 others – all of them children and women – were injured in strikes that violated Afghanistan’s airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost and Paktika, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah ​Mujahid said. Pakistan said the “calibrated strikes” along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border killed 26 militants and were a ​response to a recent spate of attacks in the country’s northwest. “Based on ⁠credible intelligence, selective targeting of camps and hideouts was carried out with precision and accuracy,” Pakistan ​Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on X. “Four targets were completely destroyed, including a training centre, a ​hideout and an ammunition cache.”

Full report : Pakistani air strikes kill at least 13 in Afghanistan.