Kabul, Dec 25 || At least 15 people, including women and children, have been killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, with the death toll expected to rise further, according to local media reports.
The strikes carried out late on Tuesday, targeted multiple areas in the Barmal district of Paktika province, dismantling a Taliban training facility, as reported by Khaama Press.
Seven villages were bombed, including Laman, where five members of a single family lost their lives, and Murg Bazaar village, which was completely destroyed.
The airstrikes have deepened Afghanistan's ongoing humanitarian crisis, causing significant destruction and civilian casualties, further straining relations between the two nations.
Afghanistan care-taker government condemned the attack and pledged retaliation, Radio Television of Pakistan reported.