Kabul/Islamabad - Pakistani Air Force carried out airstrikes in three Afghan provinces on Wednesday, 10 June 2026, killing at least 13 people, including children women and elderly, as response to a recent attacks at a Federal Constabulary (FC) post in Peshawar that claimed six soldier lives on Tuesday, 9 June.
Among the casualties are 11 children, one woman, and one elderly man, and wounding 14 others, according to Afghan authorities, marking the deadliest cross-border strike in weeks and deepening a conflict between the two neighbors that has claimed hundreds of lives since February.
However, Pakistani government said its airstrikes did not target civilian areas, but "terrorist" camps and have managed to eliminate 26 terrorists.
Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the airstrikes targeted the Afghan provinces of Khost, Kunar, and Paktika.
Pakistani Information Minister Attaulllah Tarar said on Wednesday, the strikes were carried out along Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas on "hideouts and safe heavens of masterminds and planners" of Tuesday's attacks against its FC post in Peshawar.
"Four targets were completely destroyed, including a training center, a hideout, and an ammunition cache and Marakiz belonging to Fiyma Al Khwarij Commander Aleem Khan Khushali and Commander Akhtar Muhammad Jani Khel," Minister Tarar said in his X post, including two areal footages on the airstrikes.
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Fitra Al Khawarij is a term that Pakistani use referring to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Separtely, Mujahid wrote on X that "the Pakistani military once again violated Afghanistan's airspace and bombed civilian homes."
The situation along the border was described as calm hours after the strikes, though Kabul has previously responded to Pakistani attacks by targeting Pakistani military posts along the frontier. ***
