Pakistan warplanes struck Afghanistan: 46 dead.

The Afghan government announced that Pakistani warplanes conducted airstrikes on Afghan territory, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. In a press statement regarding the incident, Hamdullah Fitrat, the Deputy Spokesman of the Afghan interim government, stated that many houses were also destroyed and expressed that the vast majority of the victims were women and children.

PAKISTANI WARPLANES BOMBARD AREAS IN AFGHANISTAN'S PAKTIKA PROVINCE

Last night around 21:00, Pakistani warplanes bombed some areas in Afghanistan's Paktika province near the border. Afghan officials state that civilians were targeted in the attack. However, Pakistani media claims that the airstrikes targeted four bases of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is fighting against the Pakistani government.

"WILL NOT GO UNANSWERED"

The Afghan interim government's Ministry of Defense announced after the incident that the attacks violated international norms and that they "will not go unanswered." Previously, the Pakistani army had targeted TTP bases in Afghanistan's Khost, Paktia, and Kunar provinces, which had caused tensions between the two countries' administrations.

PAKISTAN'S TERRORISM ISSUE

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan's provinces bordering Afghanistan, such as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Armed groups claiming to defend the rights of Pashtun and Baloch ethnic groups in both provinces have been attacking Pakistani security forces and civilians. Islamabad claims that the TTP, which primarily conducts attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, is based in Afghanistan and organizes its attacks from there, while the Afghan government denies these allegations.