Afghanistan says three killed in Pakistani air attacks

Three members of 1 household killed successful aerial onslaught connected location successful Kunar province, Afghan Taliban lawman spokesperson says.

At slightest 3 radical person been killed successful northeastern Afghanistan successful Pakistani aerial raids, Afghan officials said.

Kunar provincial spokesperson Farid Dehqan told Al Jazeera that the aerial onslaught deed the Nurgal territory astatine astir 4am section clip connected Monday (23:30 GMT Sunday), sidesplitting 3 radical and injuring four.

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Kunar is simply a mountainous state successful northeastern Afghanistan.

At slightest 1 location successful Kunar state was deed successful the attacks, sidesplitting 3 members of the aforesaid household and injuring 4 others, Taliban lawman spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said successful a station connected X.

“In the Barmal territory of Paktika province, 2 locations were bombarded, destroying 1 store and 1 unoccupied house, with nary casualties reported,” helium said.

Residents inspect the rubble of a location destroyed successful a onslaught connected Patan village, Kunar state [Shafiullah Kakar/AP Photo]

There was nary contiguous remark from Pakistan regarding the alleged attacks, which endanger to reignite tensions betwixt the neighbours aft astir 3 months of comparative calm.

Relations betwixt the erstwhile allies person been strained since February, erstwhile the 2 sides fought their worst clashes successful years.

The quality centres connected unit successful Pakistan, with Islamabad accusing Kabul of harbouring equipped groups that signifier cross-border attacks from Afghan territory.

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities denies the charges and says the unit is Pakistan’s interior problem.

The aerial raids connected Monday travel days aft a Pakistan Taliban faction said it carried retired a bombing attack connected a mosque astatine a constabulary installation successful Kohat, northwestern Pakistan. The blast and consequent weapon conflict killed astatine slightest 21 people, mostly constabulary officers, Pakistani officials said.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Information warned Saturday that the state could deed fighters wrong Afghanistan successful effect to attacks successful Pakistan. The ministry blamed the Kohat onslaught connected fighters it said were based successful Afghanistan.