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(SpotNews) AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PAKISTANI AIRSTRIKES
(260629) -- PAKTIA, June 29, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A damaged building is pictured after an airstrike in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2026. Afghan government officials said on Monday that Pakistani airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 36 people and injured 163 others. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson for the Afghan government, posted on the social media platform X that the strikes occurred
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