Pakistan carried out fresh airstrikes inside Afghanistan, targeting multiple locations including Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia Province and Paktika Province, according to officials from the Taliban administration. Afghan authorities claimed the strikes destroyed civilian homes and resulted in casualties among non-combatants.
Taliban officials said the attacks occurred during the final days of Ramadan, shortly before the festival of Eid al‑Fitr. The Taliban condemned the operation as “cruel aggression,” warning that the actions would not remain unanswered.
According to Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, one of the strikes hit a fuel depot belonging to the private airline Kam Air near Kandahar airport. He said the facility supplied fuel not only to civilian flights but also to aircraft used by the United Nations.
Taliban authorities also reported that artillery and mortar fire killed four members of a single family in the village of Sadqo in Khost Province early Thursday. The victims included a man, a woman and two children, while three other children were reportedly injured. Officials from the provincial governor’s office confirmed the casualty figures.
The strikes came amid renewed tensions between the two neighbouring countries following earlier cross-border attacks. Last month, Pakistan conducted air operations inside Afghanistan that it said were aimed at militant bases. Taliban authorities condemned those actions as violations of Afghan sovereignty and retaliated with their own strikes, triggering clashes along the roughly 2,600-kilometre frontier between the two countries.
Militancy continues to be the central dispute in relations between Islamabad and Kabul. Pakistan has repeatedly accused the Taliban government of allowing militant groups that attack Pakistani targets to operate from Afghan territory. The Taliban administration rejects these allegations, arguing that militant violence inside Pakistan is an internal security issue for Islamabad.
According to Afghan authorities, the latest incidents have brought the reported civilian death toll from cross-border violence to seven people since Tuesday, including three individuals killed earlier in shelling in Paktia province.
