Kabul, Oct. 1 -- Pakistan stood exposed again as its fresh air strikes on Afghanistan killed civilians including children. The military airstrikes in Afghanistan's Kunar and Helmand provinces resulted in the deaths of at least 10 civilians, most of them children.

The attack has once again drawn international attention to the heavy toll inflicted on non-combatants by Islamabad's cross-border operations in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) referred to the casualties in a post on X, also stating that nine people also sustained injuries during the military strikes.

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