Kabul says the attacks killed 9 women and children in Kunar and Helmand provinces, while Pakistan says 22 fighters were killed. Posted on October 1, 2026 October 1, 2026 | Updated: 2 hours ago Updated: 2 hours ago Pakistan has attacked “camps and hideouts” used by armed groups in two locations in Afghanistan, killing at least 22 fighters, its Ministry of Information says. Ministry gave details of airstrikes by Pakistan On Thursday, Kabul accused Islamabad of killing at least nine women and children in attacks on its Kunar and Helmand provinces. Shultan, Kunar, Afghanistan [Reuters]In a post on X, he said the attacks in the northeastern provinces of Kunar and southern Helmand destroyed three houses. “We condemn this act and consider it an aggression and a crime against all accepted principles,” Mujahid wrote. Pakistan’s Information Ministry said the attacks were based on “credible intelligence” and targeted two armed groups: the Pakistani Taliban, also known by the acronym TTP, and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). “The targets were precisely destroyed and initial reports suggest assassinations. Large quantities of weapons and ammunition stored in these hideouts were also destroyed,” the ministry said. The attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the neighboring countries after three months of relative calm. Islamabad accuses Kabul of harboring armed groups, including the TTP, and carrying out cross-border attacks on its territory. Reporting from Islamabad, Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder said the BLA has been responsible for an increasing number of attacks in the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, while the Pakistani Taliban has been carrying out attacks in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In November 2022, a brief ceasefire between the TTP and the Pakistani government, with the Taliban in Afghanistan as mediators, broke down, after which armed groups have been carrying out an increasing number of attacks. attacks, Hyder said. “Every time there is an attack on the Pakistani side, Pakistan carries out airstrikes,” he said. The Afghan government “denies harboring armed groups and says Pakistani attacks have targeted civilian homes, killing and wounding women and children. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said last week that it had documented more than 1,100 civilian casualties in the country in cross-border violence so far this year. A house damaged in an airstrike in Garmsir district, Helmand, Afghanistan [Reuters]
