Pakistani Shelling in Kunar Kills Two Children Amid Border Tensions
Pakistani forces shelled the Sarkano district in Afghanistan's Kunar province around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, killing two children and wounding six others, all children.
The shelling targeted civilian areas, including residential homes, with several houses damaged, according to Bakhtar News. Two of the wounded children were transferred to a hospital in neighboring Nangarhar province, local officials said.
The incident heightens cross-border tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban administration. Taliban deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat stated that prior Pakistani rocket fire in Kunar had killed one person and injured 16 others, mostly women and children.
The attack occurs despite ongoing diplomatic talks between Pakistan and the Taliban in Urumqi, China.
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