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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Taliban blames Pakistan for airstrikes that kill 3 people in eastern Afghanistan

Afghanistan Pakistan Strikes - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Airstrikes that Afghanistan's Taliban blamed on neighboring Pakistan struck two eastern provinces of the country, killing at least three people, wounding seven others and damaging homes, officials and witnesses said Thursday.

The Taliban foreign ministry decried the strikes that took place late Wednesday in Nangarhar and Khost provinces, calling them a “provocative act” by Pakistan and summoning the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul.

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