War
Details
Event title
Pakistan - Pakistan airstrikes kill 3 Afghan returnees, injures 7 in Kandahar: Afghan official
Source
Main event
Event date (UTC)
2026-02-28 14:05:09
Last update (UTC)
2026-04-03 22:08:25
Severity
High
Area range
Multiple states / regions wide event
Address/Affected area(s)
Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Three Afghan returnees lost their lives and seven others were injured after Pakistani forces struck a temporary camp of returnees in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Saturday, deputy spokesman of the Afghan government Hamdullah Fitrat said.
Pakistani forces launched the airstrikes and bombarded the temporary camp of returnees in Kandahar at 08:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, Fitrat said in a statement posted on his social media X.In a related development, an Afghan official claimed that a pilotless aircraft allegedly sent by Pakistan to attack Afghan territory crashed in the eastern Afghanistan Khost province on Saturday.Tensions between the two neighboring countries have risen in recent days amid a surge in militant violence in border regions.