Pakistan Attacks Afghanistan: Pakistan carried out air and drone strikes overnight in several provinces of Afghanistan, killing at least 10 people, including nine children. Taliban regime spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed this information. He announced the Pakistani attack on Afghanistan on Tuesday (November 25) via Twitter. These strikes, which took place in Kunar, Paktika, and Khost provinces, have sparked widespread outrage within the Taliban administration.
Taliban regime spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed this information. He announced the Pakistani attack on Afghanistan on Tuesday via the social media platform Twitter.
Massive Damage Inflicted
According to intelligence sources, the operation primarily focused on the Barmal area of Paktika province, considered a stronghold of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar militants. The drone strikes targeted a vehicle near a guesthouse (‘Hujra’). Locals in Barmal reported hearing loud explosions shortly after midnight. This is the same area where former TTP leader Umar Khalid Khurasani was killed in 2022.
AFP quoted Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as saying that ten civilians, including nine children and a woman, were killed in the attacks in Khost province. Mujahid also said that four other civilians were injured in the attacks in Kunar and Paktika.
According to media reports, the Pakistani government and military accuse Afghanistan of harbouring terrorists. Furthermore, Afghanistan alleges that terrorist attacks in Pakistan are carried out by terrorists originating from Afghanistan. The Pakistani government accuses Afghanistan of harbouring the top leadership of the anti-Pakistan terrorist organisation, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, based in Afghanistan.