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Quick summary: Pakistani air strikes targeted Kabul and Afghan border provinces overnight, resulting in the deaths of four people in the capital, according to Afghan authorities. A Pakistani security official confirmed the operation, stating it aimed at the Pakistani Taliban (TTP). Islamabad has intensified its strikes amid rising militant attacks, a claim denied by Kabul’s Taliban government. The strikes also hit other provinces, including a fuel depot in Kandahar.

Afghan authorities reported on Friday that Pakistani air strikes hit Kabul and border provinces overnight, killing four people in the capital. Khalil Zadran, spokesman for Kabul police, confirmed that four people were killed and 15 wounded in bombardments that struck homes in the capital, with women and children among the victims. A Pakistani security official, speaking anonymously, confirmed the operation, stating that their forces targeted the Pakistani Taliban (TTP). Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X that Pakistani strikes also affected the southern province of Kandahar, as well as eastern Paktia and Paktika, which border Pakistan. In Kandahar, a fuel depot for airline Kam Air, which supplies civilian airlines and United Nations aircraft, was hit near the airport. Pakistan maintains it has not killed any civilians in the conflict. The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that 56 civilians, including 24 children, were killed by Pakistani military operations between February 26 and March 5, with approximately 115,000 people displaced. Fighting between the two countries escalated on February 26, following an Afghan offensive in retaliation for earlier Pakistani air strikes targeting the TTP. Pakistan subsequently declared “open war” against the Taliban authorities, bombing Kabul on February 27. Recent clashes include an incident overnight Wednesday to Thursday, where Afghan authorities stated four members of the same family were killed in Khost province by Pakistani artillery and mortar fire. Deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat accused Pakistan of deliberately targeting civilian homes and nomads’ tents, noting that seven people had been killed in Afghanistan since Tuesday due to cross-border clashes.

Source: www.france24.com