Pakistan says 28 killed in airstrikes on three targets in Afghanistan

Pakistan conducted airstrikes on three targets in Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of 28 suspected militants, according to Pakistani security officials. The strikes, which took place on Monday, targeted militant hideouts in the Afghan border provinces of Kunar and Paktika.

The Taliban government in Kabul reported a lower casualty toll, stating that three people were killed and four others wounded in the strikes. According to Afghanistan's deputy government spokesperson, one strike hit a house in Kunar's Nurgal district, completely destroying it, while two locations were also hit in the Paktika province, with a shop and an unoccupied house destroyed.

The airstrikes follow a recent attack in Pakistan, where at least 31 people, including 16 police officers, were killed in a suicide bombing and 20-hour gun battle at a district police headquarters compound in the city of Kohat, near the Afghan border.

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