Pakistani air and drone strikes hit multiple districts across at least five Afghan provinces — Khost, Kandahar, Paktia, Kunar, and Paktika — amid escalating cro
Summary
Pakistani air and drone strikes hit multiple districts across at least five Afghan provinces — Khost, Kandahar, Paktia, Kunar, and Paktika — amid escalating cross-border tensions. UNAMA confirmed three civilians (a man, a woman, and a girl from the same family) were killed and four others wounded in Kunar. Homes were damaged in Paktia's Zazi Aryub district during a five-hour border exchange of fire between Taliban and Pakistani troops, prompting some residents to flee. Pakistan acknowledged striking 10 locations inside Afghanistan, claiming they targeted militant infrastructure linked to alleged drone attacks from Afghan territory.
Where
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Placed to province only. No source names a district, so the entry is recorded at the coarsest honest level rather than implying a precision we do not have.
Legal classification
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Killing of civilians in attack · primary
ICCPR Art. 6; IHL
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Forced displacement / eviction
ICCPR Art. 12; ICESCR Art. 11
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Also coded as: Civilian casualties, Property destruction, Forced displacement
Sources
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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “Pakistani air and drone strikes hit multiple districts across at least five Afghan provinces — Khost, Kandahar, Paktia, Kunar, and Paktika — amid escalating cro”, entry AHRC-2026-0922-KHO-01, grade: Single-source, 2026-09-22. Retrieved 3 October 2026.