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Villagers look at damages as a result of in a single day cross border preventing between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at a village in Bajaur, a district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering with Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Picture)

Afghanistan on Wednesday accused Pakistan of finishing up new airstrikes on its territory, saying the assaults killed at the least 13 individuals, most of them youngsters, and wounded 14 others.Additionally Learn | ‘Dressing up bloodbath as army op’: India rebukes Pakistan at UN over Afghan strikes Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Taliban-led regime, mentioned the strikes hit the provinces of Khost, Kunar, and Paktika. “Crime. Final evening, the Pakistani military as soon as once more violated Afghan airspace and bombed civilian properties within the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika,” Mujahid posted on X. He added: “These assaults resulted within the deaths of 11 youngsters, one girl, and one aged man, with 14 others, together with ladies and youngsters, injured. We strongly condemn this humanitarian crime and this aggression,” he mentioned. Pakistan didn’t instantly acknowledge the strikes. The accusations come amid broader regional tensions, together with renewed US-Iran hostilities within the Center East and unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the place protests have turned violent. The 2 nations have been engaged in months of cross-border clashes which have killed lots of since late February, when Afghanistan launched retaliatory assaults following Pakistani airstrikes. Momentary ceasefires have periodically halted the preventing, however haven’t held. Islamabad accuses Kabul of sheltering militants, notably the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which it says carries out assaults inside Pakistan. The group is separate from however aligned with the Afghan Taliban, who’ve dominated Afghanistan since taking energy in 2021 after the US-led withdrawal. Kabul denies the allegation.(With AP inputs)