Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children, a Taliban government official said Wednesday.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Taliban, said that six people were also wounded in the Paktika province bordering Pakistan.
The Taliban government denounced the attack, saying on Tuesday that most of the victims were refugees from the Waziristan region and promising retaliation.
Pakistani security officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity in line with regulations, told AP that Tuesday’s operation was to dismantle a training facility and kill insurgents in the province.