{
  "id": 8926666,
  "title": "Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/pakistan-launches-deadly-strikes-on-afghanistan-8926666",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T13:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260921/pakistan-launches-deadly-strikes-on-afghanistan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pakistani forces launched strikes across the border into Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of three civilians, according to the Taliban authorities. The attack targeted terrorist hubs along the border, according to Islamabad. Afghan officials reported that the strikes occurred in Nurgal district, where the village of Patan is located. A resident of Patan, Mubin Khan, recounted that his house was destroyed during the night, with three family members losing their lives. The Taliban's deputy spokesman confirmed the attack, stating that two additional locations in Paktika province were also targeted, although no casualties were reported there. Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Ministry confirmed the strikes, attributing them to targeted terrorist hubs.",
  "summary": "PATAN, KUNAR, Afghanistan — Pakistani bombardment has killed three civilians in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities said on Monday, with Islamabad saying its forces had targeted \"terrorist hubs\" along the border. AFP journalists saw a house in rubble in the village of Patan, where dozens of men gathered for the funerals of the victims of Pakistan's first deadly cross-border strikes since…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Afghanistan says three killed in Pakistani air attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/afghanistan-says-three-killed-in-pakistani-air-attacks",
        "published": "2026-09-21T07:30:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Taliban says three killed in new Pakistan airstrikes on Afghanistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/taliban-says-three-killed-in-new-pakistan-airstrikes-on-afghanistan",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:44:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Afghanistan says Pakistani airstrikes kill at least three",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/afghanistan-says-pakistani-airstrikes-kill-at-least-three",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:46:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Pakistan carries out 'calibrated’ airstrikes against terrorist targets in border region with Afghanistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/pakistan-carries-out-calibrated-airstrikes-against-terrorist-targets",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:38:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Afghanistan says 3 killed in Pakistani airstrikes: Why tensions are rising again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/afghanistan-says-3-killed-in-pakistani-airstrikes-why-tensions-are",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:01:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Pakistan carries out airstrikes along Afghan border",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/pakistan-carries-out-airstrikes-along-afghan-border",
        "published": "2026-09-21T12:10:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Pakistan launches deadly strikes on Afghanistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/pakistan-launches-deadly-strikes-on-afghanistan",
        "published": "2026-09-21T13:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}