The Afghan Taliban government stated that Pakistani airstrikes resulted in the deaths of four civilians, marking the latest escalation in conflict between the two sides. Pakistan, in turn, claimed its forces struck 10 targets within Afghanistan, emphasizing that these strikes were "strictly limited to identified military targets." This aerial assault is the second wave of Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory within a week, following a deadly attack on a Pakistani police facility on September 18 that killed at least 31 people.