At least 46 people have died in a Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan, according to an Afghan Taliban spokesperson

At least 46 individuals lost their lives due to bombardments carried out by Pakistan in the Paktika province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson for the Afghan Taliban. The government and military officials of Pakistan have not yet provided a response to inquiries for comment.

On December 24, Pakistani military aircraft executed air strikes within Afghanistan, focusing on locations believed to be hideouts of the Islamist militant organization Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Sources indicate that the TTP positions targeted were situated in the Murgha region of the Bermal district in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, which is adjacent to the Angoor Adda town in Pakistan’s unstable South Waziristan tribal area.

The air strikes involved one target in the Murgha area and two additional locations within the Bermal district.

While there has been no official statement from Pakistan regarding the operations, certain reports on X, thought to be linked to Pakistani intelligence, have corroborated the strikes and suggested that there were casualties among TTP militants.