Afghan protesters holding Taliban flags collect throughout an illustration amid the continuing battle with Pakistan, within the Faizabad district of Badakhshan province on March 6, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: AFP
The Taliban authorities stated on Wednesday that three civilians had been killed in southeastern Afghanistan when Pakistani forces fired mortars and artillery throughout the international locations’ shared border.
Deputy authorities spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat informed media in an audio message that the deaths occurred on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) in Kot village, within the Dand Patan district of Paktia province.
“Three civilians had been killed because of a shell hitting their homes and three had been injured,” he added.
A medical supply additionally confirmed the demise of three civilians to an AFP correspondent in southeastern Afghanistan.
Pakistan has insisted it doesn’t goal civilians. Casualty claims from each side are troublesome to confirm independently.
Months of cross-border clashes have flared once more since February 26, when Afghanistan launched an offensive alongside the frontier, in retaliation for earlier Pakistani air strikes.
Islamabad then declared “open struggle” towards the Taliban authorities and led strikes on Kabul and Kandahar within the following days.
Common clashes have been reported within the border areas since February 26.
Fitrat stated Pakistan has fired “tons of of mortars and artillery” alongside the border, inflicting civilian casualties.
Two civilians had been additionally injured within the japanese province of Khost on Tuesday, the spokesman added.
In response to a report by the United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 56 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan, together with 24 kids, by Pakistani army operations between February 26 and March 5.
About 115,000 individuals had been compelled to depart their properties, based on the UN refugee company.
Printed – March 11, 2026 10:27 pm IST