DOHA, February 28. /TASS/. At least 19 civilians have been killed and 26 injured in Pakistani strikes on the territory of Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan, Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban government's deputy spokesman, said.

"Pakistan’s military regime has again targeted civilian houses in Khost and Paktika, killing 19 and injuring 26 civilians," he wrote on social media X. According to the statement, most of the dead and injured are women and children.