Pakistan confirmed conducting airstrikes on militants' hideouts in Afghanistan, which led to the death of 46 people, including civilians. The Afghan leadership strongly condemned these strikes, labeling them as a violation of sovereignty.

The Pakistani military conducted air raids potentially killed dozens while targeting alleged Pakistani Taliban militants in the rural Paktika Province of Afghanistan Tuesday night.

A Taliban government official says Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children.