{"id":1230,"date":"2026-06-29T12:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:10:49","slug":"pakistani-airstrikes-kill-36-civilians-in-afghanistan-and-wound-160-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani airstrikes kill 36 civilians in Afghanistan and wound 160, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) \u2014 Pakistani forces\u2019 ground operations and strikes killed at least 36 civilians<\/span> in Afghanistan overnight and wounded more than 160 others, Afghan officials said Monday, as tensions between the neighbors escalated. One Afghan official said the attacks would be met with retaliation.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan said the operations were launched in response to militant attacks<\/span> across Pakistan. Security forces carried out a ground operation along the border late Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan\u2019s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan condemned the strikes in Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar provinces as a \u201ccowardly act of aggression\u201d and an \u201cact of brutality.\u201d Hayatullah Mohajer Farahi, the deputy minister for publications at the Ministry of Information and Culture, said Afghanistan would respond \u201cin due time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson for Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban government, said Pakistani forces targeted a home in Paktia\u2019s Chamkani district, killing an older man and a child, while other family members were wounded. When residents gathered to rescue people, the area was struck again, killing 28 villagers and wounding 158, he said.<\/p>\n

Six people, mostly women and children, were killed in a village in Giyan district, Paktika province, when another home was struck, he said. A civilian home in Kunar province was also hit, causing no casualties but killing some 30 livestock.<\/p>\n

Pakistani officials said an uneasy calm prevailed along the border Monday, with security forces remaining on high alert. <\/p>\n

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Envoys are summoned over the attacks<\/h2>\n

On Monday, Afghanistan and Pakistan summoned each other\u2019s top diplomats to protest the attacks.<\/p>\n

Zia Ahmad Takal, the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry\u2019s deputy spokesperson, accused Islamabad of repeatedly blaming Afghanistan for security incidents inside Pakistan without \u201ccredible evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s behavior \u201cseriously harms the atmosphere of trust between the two countries, good neighborly relations and the security and stability of the region,\u201d Takal said.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it summoned Afghanistan\u2019s top diplomat in Islamabad to protest the involvement of Afghan nationals in recent attacks, including one in Karachi over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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