The media reported at least 19 dead in Pakistan's strikes on Afghanistan.

At least 19 civilians were killed and 26 injured as a result of Pakistani strikes on the territory of Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan. This was reported on February 27 by TOLOnews TV channel with reference to the Deputy press Secretary of Afghanistan Hamdullah Fitrat.

"The Pakistani regime has once again 'deliberately' shelled the homes of civilians in Khost and Paktia, killing 19 civilians and wounding 26 others," the statement said. Twitter).

"Open war": how the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan is developing

Fighting has engulfed the border areas and major cities of Afghanistan.

On the same day, a new wave of retaliatory attacks by Afghan forces on posts of the military regime of Pakistan began in the areas of Zazi Maidan, Alisher and Terezai, along the Durand line. The militia opened fire on the Afghan military from armored tanks in the Shah Kot Sar and Nakhtarnau districts of Nangarkhan district. In turn, the Afghan border guards responded with fire using armored vehicles and artillery.

On February 26, a representative of the Taliban movement of the 201st Khalid ibn Walid Army Corps reported that armed clashes had occurred on the border. As a result, 72 Taliban were killed on the border, and more than 100 were injured. Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has warned the Afghan government of the outbreak of an "open war."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on February 27 that Russia was counting on a cessation of hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The presidential spokesman added that the Russian Federation is monitoring developments on the border of the two countries, while stressing that it is too early to draw any conclusions.

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