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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and agencies

Pakistani airstrikes kill dozens in eastern Afghanistan

People stand outside a ruined multi-storey building
A ruined building after airstrikes in Chamkani district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Photograph: Saifullah Zahir/AP

Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, Afghan officials have said, as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.

Pakistan’s information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said the operations on Sunday night were aimed at a terrorist group his country blamed for a deadly militant attack in Karachi that killed three security personnel over the weekend.

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