Eight civilians, including women and children, were seriously injured after cross-border firing and shelling struck the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan on April 26 and 29, according to a press release issued by the office of the deputy commissioner of South Waziristan Lower on Thursday.

The official statement said the shelling caused significant damage to civilian property, with several houses destroyed in the affected area. The incidents were reported to have spread fear and panic among residents.

According to the press release, those injured on April 26 were identified as Rahimullah, 20, Zubair Bibi, 20, and Bibi Hawa, 28, all residents of Zawal Tehsil in the Angoor Adda area.

On April 29, the injured included Muslima Bibi, 13, Sanab, 3, Sapna Bibi, 8, Irshad, 10, and Robina Bibi, 32, all from Kanki village in Zawal Tehsil.

The deputy commissioner stated that all injured individuals were provided immediate medical assistance and later transferred to hospitals in Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar for further treatment.

The press release added that residents and tribal elders have expressed strong concern over the incidents and called for an immediate halt to cross-border firing and shelling. It further stated that authorities are taking all possible measures to protect the lives and property of civilians in the area.

On Tuesday, security forces carried out retaliatory strikes at key sites, including the Ariana Complex, Dabgai check post, police headquarters, and Zakarkhel post, which were destroyed.

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Pakistan Air Force also targeted positions in Laghman province, destroying an arms depot, the ABF battalion headquarters, and the Nangarhar brigade. Sources further said a Taliban post near the Mohmand sector was also destroyed, stressing that only Afghan military targets were hit in line with international law.

On April 15, three civilians, including two children, were martyred and three others were injured when Afghan Taliban forces carried out unprovoked shelling on locals in a border area of K-P’s Bajaur district, according to state media.

The incident marked a renewed episode of cross-border aggression after a gap of over a month, following Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, launched in response to earlier unprovoked hostility from the Afghan side.

Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched around the end of February following renewed clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, after Afghan Taliban forces fired on multiple locations, prompting swift military retaliation by Pakistan.

The neighbouring countries were engaged in escalating hostilities along the frontier since then. The clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to Pakistani air strikes targeting terrorist positions and abated during a temporary ceasefire on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.

The escalation in tensions between the two countries followed a series of tit-for-tat actions over the past year.

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Pakistan earlier carried out air strikes targeting camps of the TTP and Islamic State Khorasan Province inside Afghanistan after a wave of attacks, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.

Islamabad has long maintained that TTP leaders operate from Afghan territory, an allegation that Kabul has repeatedly denied.

Tensions also surged after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces subsequently targeted areas along Pakistan’s border, prompting Islamabad to respond with cross-border shelling.

The exchanges caused casualties and infrastructure damage on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after border crossings were closed on October 12, 2025.