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(16 Oct 2025)

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Kabul, Afghanistan - 16 October 2025
1. Wide of home destroyed in drone strikes
2. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Abdul Rahim, owner of destroyed house:
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“There was an explosion here. I arrived at 4 o'clock and the information I received was that it was a drone strike. People had seen Pakistani drones. This is a cruel and war-like act that attacks civilian homes.”
3. Various of responders clearing debris
4. Various of destroyed home
5. Owner of destroyed house Abdul Rahim greeting two men
6. Pan of a damaged building
7. Man entering emergency ward
8. Various of survivors of drone strikes in hospital beds
9. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mustafa Rahmani, survivor:
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“The first drone strike was on Fifth Street in Taimani, where I work as a dry cleaner. I was in the room when the attack happened. I was injured myself and I saw many other people whose hands and heads were cut off in the attack. There were a lot of people in the blocks, because all the family members live here, and many of them were injured."
10. Various of a doctor treating the wounded
11. Wide of damaged home
STORYLINE:
Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Thursday that Pakistan carried out two drone strikes on Kabul the day before, even as the United Nations welcomed a critical ceasefire between the two neighbors after days of fighting killed dozens in both countries and injured hundreds more.

The Wednesday attacks came just before the two countries declared a truce following the deadliest violence between them in years.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said the first strike "had targeted a civilian house."

Zadran said the second strike hit a fuel tanker outside a market, starting a large fire.

Zadran did not give casualty figures, but hospital doctors said earlier that five people were killed and dozens were injured.

Abdul Rahim, whose house was completely destroyed in the drone strike, said people had "seen Pakistani drones."

There was no immediate response in Islamabad on the latest accusations from Kabul and it was not immediately clear how this would affect the ceasefire.

Pakistani officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss ongoing operations, had earlier told The Associated Press that Pakistani forces had targeted militant hideouts on Wednesday.

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