Overview
- Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said a house in Khost’s Mughalgai/Gurbuz area was bombed around midnight, killing nine children and a woman, with additional strikes reported in Kunar and Paktika injuring four.
- Pakistan’s military and foreign ministry had not commented publicly at the time of reporting, while Pakistani intelligence sources told dpa the strikes targeted TTP hideouts and claimed militant casualties.
- The reports followed a suicide attack on Pakistan’s Federal Constabulary headquarters in Peshawar that killed three officers, with officials linking recent violence to militants operating from Afghan soil.
- Kabul condemned the raids as a violation of sovereignty and vowed to “respond appropriately at the right time,” warning of consequences if such actions continue.
- The episode threatens a ceasefire brokered after deadly October clashes and comes as mediators, including Turkey and Qatar, seek to revive stalled talks on curbing cross‑border militancy.