A Taliban government official said the airstrikes Pakistan launched in Afghanistan on Tuesday killed 46 people, including women and children, according to The Associated Press.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the Afghan government’s deputy spokesman, said the strikes hit four locations in Barmal district.
Pakistani security officials told the AP that their mission was to kill insurgents and bomb a training facility.
The Afghan Foreign Ministry in the capital Kabul said the nation “will not accept the violation of the country’s territory under any circumstances and the country is ready to defend its independence and territory.”
The statement declared Pakistan’s actions “irresponsible” and said there would be subsequent “consequences.”
The Foreign Ministry also said the Pakistani attacks were aimed at “creating distrust in relations between the two countries.”
Although Pakistani officials did not immediately comment on the claims, Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, was on the ground in Kabul to discuss a range of issues before the airstrike.
Pakistani leaders blame the Taliban for the increase in recent militant attacks within their borders and have responded with strikes in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have denied these reports.
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