Pakistan carries out new deadly strikes on Afghanistan: govt officials

Pakistani strikes killed at least 12 people in Afghanistan near the border between the two countries, Afghan government officials and local sources said on Wednesday.

"Last night, the Pakistani military once again violated Afghanistan's airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika. As a result of these attacks, 11 children, one woman, and one elderly man were killed," Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X.

An official in Khost province who requested anonymity told AFP a strike hit a house in Spera district, killing nine people and wounding 10 others.

In neighbouring Paktika province, a resident said a separate attack killed three people.

Pakistan's military did not immediately respond to AFP's request for comment.

The strikes are the deadliest in weeks and follow a period of relative calm at the border, after a war between the two countries erupted in late February.

A UN report published last month found that at least 372 Afghan civilians were killed and 397 others wounded in that conflict in the first three months of this year.