Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has confirmed that Pakistan carried out strikes inside Afghanistan, saying Pakistani forces bombed civilian homes in Kunar, Khost and Paktika provinces. According to Mujahid, 13 people were killed and 14 others injured.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the Force suppression of protesters in the Jebrail area of Herat.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said its military carried out strikes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border overnight.
Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister, accused the Afghan Taliban of deliberately targeting civilians in border districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, calling the attacks “inhumane”.
The World Liberty Congress has condemned the detention of women in Herat and the violent treatment of protesters, describing the actions as part of the Taliban’s broader policy of suppressing women and dissent.
The Taliban’s use of drones has evolved over five years from commercial surveillance aircraft and propaganda tools into a more ambitious program involving armed and apparent one-way attack drones.
The Taliban’s commission on migrant affairs says Pakistan deported at least 2,990 Afghan migrants on Friday, returning them through the Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
