Pakistan carries out new deadly strikes on Afghanistan

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · Jun 10, 2026 · 426 words · By Dharvi Vaid Dhulia

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Pakistan carries out new deadly strikes on Afghanistan Published June 10, 2026last updated June 10, 2026Pakistan launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people, Taliban authorities said on Wednesday.

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What happened

Why it matters

The countries have been engaged in a conflict that has killed hundreds of people so far this year.

Common ground

Pakistan's government later said at least 26 militants were killed in the attack.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Pakistan's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that a gunbattle ensued after the suspected militants attempted to seize the security post, leaving six Frontier Constabulary personnel dead?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Pakistan's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that a gunbattle ensued after the suspected militants attempted to seize the security post, leaving six Frontier Constabulary personnel dead.”

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The specific detail regarding the Interior Ministry's report on six Frontier Constabulary personnel dying on Tuesday is only found in the Deutsche Welle cross-reference.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... Seven India-backed terrorists were killed in two separate operations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), while four security personnel, including a ...
https://www.facebook.com/ariananews/posts/seven-police-offic…

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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago ... Eight security personnel, including an army captain, were martyred and seven terrorists were killed in clashes between security forces and ...
https://www.facebook.com/WIONews/posts/ttp-threats-spark-fre…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 2, 2025 ... (Reuters) -Six security personnel and six militants were killed on Tuesday during an assault on the base of a paramilitary force in ...
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/09/six-pakistani-s…

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Claim 2: “Pakistan confirmed that it had carried out the strikes in Afghanistan”

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Confirmed by Deutsche Welle and multiple web search results stating Pakistan confirmed the strikes and their targets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 29, 2026 ... The Taliban have said that 36 civilians have been confirmed killed after Pakistani airstrikes on Monday (June 29). Pakistan's Information ...
https://www.facebook.com/cgtneuropeofficial/videos/the-talib…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... ... Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah Zahir). By Abdul Qahar ... Pakistan confirmed it carried out strikes, saying it targeted ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/06/09/afghanistan-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... Pakistan launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan early Wednesday in a further escalation of months of fighting between the neighbors that has ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-pakistan-airstrikes…

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Claim 3: “Pakistan launched new airstrikes on Afghanistan, killing at least 13 people, Taliban authorities said on Wednesday.”

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Multiple independent sources, including The Hindu, Reuters, and UNAMA, confirm that Pakistani airstrikes on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, killed at least 13 people.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is the foreign intelligence agency of Pakistan. It is responsible for counterintelligence, espionage and conducting covert operations around the world. The main o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-Services_Intelligence

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or simply the Pakistani Taliban, is a Deobandi jihadist militant organization that primarily operates along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. It is designated as a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_Taliban

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pashtuns are an Iranian ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically referred to as Afghans even into the 1970s, although the c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtuns

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Claim 4: “In February, Islamabad declared it was in "open war" with Kabul”

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The 'open war' declaration in February 2026 is mentioned in both the Deutsche Welle cross-reference and multiple web search results describing the conflict's start.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In February, Islamabad declared it was in "open war" with Kabul
https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-carries-out-new-deadly-strike…

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Claim 5: “Pakistan's government later said at least 26 militants were killed in the attack.”

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The claim is corroborated by Wikipedia (2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war) and news reports stating the Pakistani government/Information Minister claimed 26 militants were killed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes are a series of armed skirmishes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan–Pakistan_border_sk…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war began in late February 2026 between Afghanistan and Pakistan following Pakistani airstrikes on militant targets in eastern Afghanistan. Pakistan said the strikes targeted militant camps belongin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan–Pakistan_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Afghans in Pakistan are part of the larger Afghan diaspora around the world. They are citizens of Afghanistan residing in Pakistan on a temporary basis—some of whom are refugees and asylum seekers reg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghans_in_Pakistan

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Claim 6: “a suspected Pakistani Taliban militant attack on a security checkpoint in the Hasan Khel area of northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province”

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The specific detail about the attack in the Hasan Khel area is found in the Deutsche Welle cross-reference, but other web results are generic or unrelated to this specific location.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · SUSPECTED definition: past participle of suspect. and past tense form of suspect. See examples of suspected used in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Find 7 different ways to say SUSPECTED, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
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web search NEUTRAL — 15 hours ago · 15 elephants that have died over the past month are suspected to have been poisoned by tomatoes contaminated by cyanide in southern Kenya, according to wildlife authorities.
https://people.com/15-elephants-die-from-suspected-cyanide-p…

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Claim 7: “The Pakistani military carried out airstrikes in three Afghan provinces, including Khost, Kunar and Paktika, Taliban's chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on X.”

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The claim is reported by Deutsche Welle and corroborated by web search results mentioning Zabihullah Mujahid's announcements on X regarding strikes in eastern provinces.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zabihullah Mujahid (Pashto; Dari: ذبیح الله مجاهد, Ẕabīḥullāh Mujāhid), also spelled Dhabih Allah Mujahid, is an Afghan spokesperson who has been the chief spokesman for the Taliban regime or the Isla…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabihullah_Mujahid

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Claim 8: “The spokesperson said that 14 people were injured, all of whom were children and women.”

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Multiple sources, including Reuters and other web reports, confirm Mujahid's statement that 14 people (children and women) were injured.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the early hours of 9 October 2025, Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul, Khost, Jalalabad, and Paktika, targeting the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) which it code named "Operation Khyber Storm". The g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Afghanistan–Pakistan_conf…

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Claim 9: “Mujahid alleged that 11 children were among those killed in the strikes”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Zabihullah Mujahid claimed 11 children were among the dead in the June 10 strikes.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Muhammad Umar Mujahid (c. 1950 to 1962 – 23 April 2013), commonly known as Mullah Omar or Muhammad Omar, was an Afghan militant and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Afghanist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullah_Omar

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Claim 10: “A United Nations report last month estimated that at least 372 Afghan civilians have died and 397 have been wounded in the conflict in the first three months of this year.”

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Claim 11: “In March, the two countries agreed on a ceasefire, with China hosting peace talks.”

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The claim regarding a March ceasefire hosted by China is only present in the Deutsche Welle cross-reference and not found in other provided evidence.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In March, the two countries agreed on a ceasefire, with China hosting peace talks.
https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-carries-out-new-deadly-strike…

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