The Taliban's Ministry of Defense strongly reacted to the overnight Pakistani airstrike on Barmal, Paktika, stating that the attack would not go unanswered, emphasizing that defending their land and Sovereignty was their legitimate right.

A Taliban government official says Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children.

Pakistan's airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Taliban, said that six people were also wounded in the Paktika province bordering Pakistan.