Pakistan accused of killing eight women and children in Afghanistan air strikes

The Taliban has accused Pakistan of killing eight women and children in two immediately air cuts in Afghanistan.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson for the Taliban government, said the “reckless” strikes had hit homes near the border with Pakistan at about 03: 00 local time ( 22: 30 GMT ).

Pakistan has yet to reply.

But it comes after President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to “respond clearly” to the deaths of seven soldiers killed by unidentified militants on Saturday.

Speaking at the death of two of the soldiers on Sunday, President Zardari added that retaliation would appear “regardless of who it is or from which state” the party came from.

Saturday’s assault on the military post took area close to the Afghan border in northern Waziristan. Pakistan says they were launched from Afghanistan- one of a rising number of attacks in recent months, according to its state.

A native state established- who asked to remain anonymous- told media company AFP that Monday morning’s attacks on Khost and Paktika provinces were in retribution for Saturday’s deaths.

But Mr Mujahid warned Pakistan not to “blame Afghanistan for the lack of control and problems in its own territory” in a statement released on X ( formerly Twitter ).

” Such occurrences can have very negative repercussions which will not be in Pakistan’s control”, he added.

He said the attacks had hit” human houses”, killing five people and three children.

Conflicts have risen between Afghanistan and Pakistan since the Taliban retook control of the country in 2021.

Late last year, Pakistan forced hundreds of thousands of Afghans to keep Pakistan, saying they did not have the proper documents to be. Human Rights groups criticised the legislation, saying it resulted in several refugees and asylum seekers being coerced into leaving.

Caretaker ministers at the time suggested that this was done because of safety issues. Some experts have suggested parties have taken advantage of the Taliban’s profit, but the Taliban have denied hosting violent groups, AFP information.