Overview

• Afghan officials say overnight drone and air attacks hit homes in Khost’s Spera district and Nangarhar’s Shinwar/Shinwaru area, with local witnesses reporting multiple explosions and drones overhead.
• Authorities in Khost reported three children killed and officials across the two provinces said at least seven people were wounded.
• Afghanistan’s foreign ministry condemned what it called a violation of its airspace and warned of consequences, handing a protest note to Ambassador Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani.
• Two Pakistani security officials contacted by AFP denied that Islamabad carried out strikes inside Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s foreign ministry did not immediately comment.
• News18, citing unnamed intelligence sources, reported Pakistan conducted coordinated drone and missile strikes on alleged TTP hideouts with prior notification to Taliban authorities.