The death toll from the air strikes that Kabul accused the Pakistani army of carrying out in the eastern Afghan provinces of Khost and Kunar has risen to 47, officials said Sunday.
“41 civilians, most of them women and children, were killed, and 22 were wounded in air strikes carried out by Pakistani forces near the Durand Line in Khost province,” Shabir Ahmad Usmani, director of culture and information in Khost, told AFP.
Two other officials confirmed the death toll from the bombing in Khost on Saturday, while an Afghan official said six people were killed in Kunar province.
