Overview
- A Taliban spokesman said late‑night strikes hit a home in Khost’s Gurbuz district, killing nine children and a woman, and that additional raids in Kunar and Paktika wounded four people.
- Afghan officials identified the homeowner as Wilayat (Waliat) Khan and local authorities reported drones and aircraft in the area as residents recovered bodies and prepared graves.
- Pakistan’s military denied conducting any such operations and said it does not target civilians, noting it publicly acknowledges strikes when they occur.
- Pakistani intelligence sources told dpa the raids targeted Tehreek‑e‑Taliban Pakistan hideouts, a claim not independently verified in the reports.
- The accusations followed a suicide attack on Pakistan’s Federal Constabulary headquarters in Peshawar that killed three officers, an assault Pakistani officials linked to militants based in Afghanistan.