Pakistan says it launches air strikes on Afghanistan after drone attacks
Strikes carried out in southeastern province of Khost cause no casualties, governor’s office says.
![A man retrieves belongings from the debris of a house that was damaged in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 21, 2026 [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-21T090533Z_2047631754_RC2LNNARHSFO_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-1790220397.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Officials from Powerus, a US-based drones company, and US embassy in Islamabad met Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's chief of defence forces on September 16, 2026 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. [Handout/Inter-Services Public Relations]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/045ce01c-bc3f-4ff7-845a-24893e48cc3b-1790078066.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Security personnel stand guard outside Colombo High Court after escorting the accused involved in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday attacks of 2019, during the verdict in the trial in Colombo on September 22, 2026 [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260922__C8Y23ZA__v1__HighRes__SriLankaCourtBombings-1-1790081999.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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