According to Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, there are women and children among the dead. As a result of the airstrikes, a fuel depot of the Kam Air airline, located near Kandahar airport, was also damaged.
Pakistani security forces confirmed that the attacks targeted four "terrorist hideouts" in Kabul and border areas, as well as an oil storage facility in Kandahar. Islamabad claims that the strikes do not affect the civilian population.
According to Afghan authorities, the number of civilian casualties since the escalation of the conflict has reached seven. The UN mission in Afghanistan reported that from February 26 to March 5, 56 civilians were killed as a result of operations by the Pakistani military, including 24 children. At the same time, Pakistan reported the deaths of about 12 of its servicemen and 27 wounded, while the Taliban claim to have killed more than 150 people.
The escalation of the conflict began on February 26, when the Afghan side launched an offensive along the border in response to previous airstrikes from Pakistan. Islamabad accuses Kabul of harboring militants from the Pakistani Taliban movement and the Afghan branch of ISIS, which Afghan authorities categorically deny.
