KHOST CITY (SW) – At least 35 people have been killed in Pakistani attacks on Khost and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan.
Residents of Waziristan refugee camp in Spiri district of Khost province told Salam Watandar that more than 15 others were injured.
They added that in these air attacks by Pakistan, many houses were completely destroyed and a lot of financial losses were inflicted on the people. “Two Pakistani helicopters dropped bombs on us at 3 a.m. in the morning,” said Malik Khan, one of the victims whose house was bombed. “More than 30 people were killed and 15 others were injured in the incident.”
“It was 3 a.m. in the morning and we were having breakfast when a helicopter came and bombed our houses for five minutes,” said Mohammad Rangin, another victim of the incident, whose house was bombed. “My house was destroyed, I do not know anything, but this attack was carried out on the villages of Mande, Amir Sapar, Psi Mila and Shakuni. Six members of my family were killed and only I and my one child survived.”
Khost security officials also confirmed the Pakistani military’s attack on four villages in the province, Mandar, Amir Sapar, Pasi Mila and Shakuni. Khost police spokesman Mostaghfar Gerbaz told Salam Watandar that the attack also resulted in casualties, but that the exact number was not yet clear.
Meanwhile, Najibullah Hanif, Kunar’s director of information and culture, told Salam Watandar that the Pakistani military had been carrying out artillery attacks in the Sheltan, Marwara and Nari districts of the province for the past three days.
He added that last night Pakistani military attacks on the Sheltan district of the province targeted residential areas and as a result five people, including women and children, were killed and another was wounded in the shelling.
The head of information and culture of Kunar says that the officials of the local administration of this province have shared this issue with the central officials of the Islamic Emirate and are trying to solve it.
The Pakistani government has so far said nothing about its attacks on Khost and Kunar and its violation of Afghan airspace.
It should be noted that Pakistan has been launching rocket attacks on Afghanistan’s border areas for years, especially in a number of Kunar districts, which have often resulted in casualties and financial losses.
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