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Pakistan's military claimed it killed 29 militants in strikes near Afghanistan, but Afghan officials say at least 36 civilians died and 160 were wounded in the bombardment.
Pakistan's military claimed it killed 29 militants in airstrikes near the Afghan border, but Afghan officials and the UN assessed that at least 36 civilians died and 160 were wounded in the bombardment. The casualty discrepancy is enormous—Pakistan framed it as a counterterrorism operation, Afghanistan and the UN say it was indiscriminate civilian harm. Independent verification in border regions is difficult, but the scale of the reported civilian toll suggests something went wrong with targeting or intelligence.
The incident is part of ongoing cross-border tensions, with Pakistan claiming it's striking militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan while Afghanistan contests both the necessity and the accuracy of the strikes. The UN assessment carries credibility but doesn't resolve the underlying dispute about what was actually in the strike zone. What's clear is that dozens of people died and hundreds were hurt in what Pakistan called precision military action.
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