Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan kill at least 13 people, Taliban official says

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Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan kill at least 13 people, Taliban official says

Afghanistan said Wednesday that Pakistan launched new airstrikes targeting the country, killing at least 13 people and wounding 14 others, in a further sign of rising tensions between the two neighbors after months of fighting that has killed hundreds.Though the situation along the border was calm hours after the strikes, Kabul has previously responded to Pakistani strikes by targeting Pakistani posts along the frontier.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the latest airstrikes targeted the Afghan provinces of Khost, Kunar and Paktika and killed 11 children, one woman and one elderly man.There was no immediate acknowledgment of the strikes deep inside Afghanistan from Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs or military.The strikes came a day after suspected Pakistani Taliban militants attacked a security post in the Hasan Khel area of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering

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