At least nine children and a woman were killed after Pakistani forces bombed the home of a resident in Afghanistan’s Khost province, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
Mujahid said Pakistan also carried out raids in the provinces of Kunar and Paktika, injuring four civilians.
“Last night at 12 o’clock in the Gerbzwo district of Khawst province, Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of civilian local resident Wilayat Khan, which martyred 9 children (5 boys and 4 girls) and one woman, and destroyed their house,” Mujahid said in a post on X, accompanied by pictures of the dead.
The Pakistan military and foreign ministry could not be reached for comment outside business hours.
The raids come one day after twin suicide bombings killed three paramilitary personnel in Peshawar in Pakistan.
The Pakistani and Afghan militaries clashed in October 2025, killing dozens, in the worst violence since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Both sides signed a ceasefire in Doha in October, but peace talks in Turkey collapsed without a long-term deal due to a disagreement over militant groups hostile to Pakistan that operate inside Afghanistan.
This comes hours after two suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, November 24, 2025, morning, killing at least three officers and wounding 11 others, police and rescue officials said.
The attack took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, when security forces were preparing for the morning parade at the sprawling facility located in the heart of the city, said Peshawar Police Chief Saeed Ahmad.
He said one attacker detonated his explosives at the main gate of the provincial headquarters of the Federal Constabulary, while the second bomber was shot and killed by officers near the parking area.
According to Ahmad, about 150 security personnel were on open ground inside the headquarters for morning parade drills when the attack took place.
“The terrorists involved in today’s attack were on foot and failed to reach the parade area, and a timely response by our forces prevented a much larger tragedy,” he told The Associated Press.
He said police had completed the clearance operation and authorities had collected samples of the body parts of the attackers for DNA tests. He added that police are still investigating to determine the identity and nationality of the attackers without giving further details.
Asim Khan, a spokesperson at the government-run Lady Reading Hospital, said all 11 persons wounded in the Peshawar attack were listed in stable condition.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in separate statements, condemned the attack in Peshawar, with Zardari calling it a “cowardly act by foreign-backed terrorists,” and Sharif saying the swift response of security forces prevented a larger tragedy. They offered condolences to the families of the victims.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
However, the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, has been blamed for similar previous assaults in the country, which has witnessed a surge in militant attacks. The TPP is separate from but allied with the Afghan Taliban, which leads Afghanistan.
The latest attack came less than two weeks after a suicide bomber struck outside a court in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people.
The attacks have strained ties between Islamabad and Afghanistan’s Taliban government, with Pakistan accusing the Pakistani Taliban of operating freely inside Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in 2021.
Pakistan’s government often accuses Afghanistan of turning a blind eye to cross-border attacks by militants.
Kabul denies the accusations but tensions between the two sides escalated after Afghanistan blamed Pakistan for the October 9, 2025, drone strikes in Kabul and vowed retaliation. The ensuing fighting killed dozens of people, including soldiers, civilians, and militants, before Qatar brokered a ceasefire on October 19, 2025, which remains in place.
