JAKARTA - At least 10 people died as a result of a Pakistani attack on Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Taliban government said on Tuesday, a day after a suicide attack on a security complex in Pakistan's Peshawar City.
"Pakistan invasion forces bombed the home of a local civilian. As a result, nine children (five men and four women) and a woman died" in Khost province, a spokesman for Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X, launching Al Arabiya from AFP November 25.
The Taliban government spokesman added that the airstrikes targeting the Kunar and Paktika border areas injured four other civilians, he added.
Separately, Pakistani government and military officials have not commented on the attack.
Pakistan's airstrikes came after suicide targeting the headquarters of Pakistan's Federal Police paramilitary force in Peshawar, killing three officers and injuring 11 others.
No group has yet claimed responsibility, but state broadcaster PTV reports that the attackers are Afghan citizens. Asif Zardari's president blamed "Foreignly supportedFitna al-Khawarij" -- Islamabad's term for Pakistan's Tereek-e-Taliban militants (TTP) accused of operating from Afghan soil.
Another suicide bomb explosion in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, this month killed 12 people and was claimed by a Pakistani Taliban faction, which has the same ideology as the Afghan Taliban.
Islamabad blamed militant cells "guided at every step by Afghan-based high command" for attacks on the capital.
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It is known that the two countries were under a mediated ceasefire between Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey announced on October 19, after deadly clashes on the border between the two countries since the start of the month that killed approximately 70 people on both sides. Relations between the two countries are strained after the Taliban return to power in 2021.
Pakistan accuses the Taliban of protecting the militants behind the spike in attacks, including the TTP, which has launched a bloody campaign against Pakistan for years.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan denies the allegations and denies that Pakistan protects groups hostile to Afghanistan and does not respect its sovereignty.
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