On Tuesday night, 9th June, over 15 people, including 11 children, were killed after Pakistan carried out air strikes in three Afghan provinces, according to Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid. The strikes mark a fresh escalation in tensions between the two neighbouring countries, whose border conflict has already claimed hundreds of lives this year.
Video: Death Toll from Pakistani Strike in Khost's Spera District Rises to 19
— TOLOnews English (@TOLONewsEnglish) June 10, 2026
A source told TOLOnews that nine people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike in Manay village of Spera district, Khost province, including one woman and eight children.
The source said the children… pic.twitter.com/wciZoMDaNK
Speaking on Wednesday, 10th June, Mujahid said the air strikes targeted areas in Kunar, Khost, and Paktika provinces. He claimed that at least 14 other people, mostly women and children, were injured when civilian homes were hit.
“Last night, the Pakistani military once again violated Afghanistan‘s airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika,” Mujahid wrote on X.
Crime
— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) June 10, 2026
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, while 14 other women
2/1
“As a result of these attacks, 11 children, one woman, and one elderly man were killed, while 14 other women and children were injured.”
There was no immediate response from Pakistan’s military or government. However, Pakistani security officials told Reuters that the operation targeted what they described as “hideouts and other facilities of the Pakistani militants using them against Pakistan.”
Pakistan has repeatedly accused the Taliban government in Kabul of providing a haven to militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan. The Taliban has rejected these allegations and insists that militancy in Pakistan is an internal issue.
The latest violence threatens a fragile ceasefire that was reached in March with China’s support after months of tensions and deadly clashes. Relations between the two countries have remained strained since February, when they fought one of their most serious confrontations in recent years.
The air strikes came just a day after suspected Pakistani Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in Hasan Khel in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the Afghan border. According to Pakistan’s Interior Ministry, six members of the Federal Constabulary were killed in the attack, while several others were injured.
Pakistani authorities said security forces later killed eight attackers and prevented them from overrunning the checkpoint. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who attended the funeral prayers of the slain personnel, said their sacrifices would not be forgotten and vowed to intensify operations against militant groups threatening the country’s security.
