"Pakistan has broken the ceasefire and bombed three locations in Paktika province late on Friday, a senior Taliban official told the AFP news agency, speaking on condition of anonymity. Afghanistan will retaliate. Ten civilians were killed and 12 others were wounded in the attacks, a provincial hospital official told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that two children were among the dead."
"The Afghanistan Cricket Board said in a statement that three players who were in the region for a tournament were killed alongside five other people in a cowardly attack carried out by the Pakistani regime and said seven others were injured. The ACB said in a post on social media on Saturday that the cricketers were targeted during a gathering in Urgun district when they returned home after playing a friendly cricket match in Sharana, the capital of Paktika province."
Pakistan launched air attacks inside Afghanistan, killing at least ten people and breaking a 48-hour truce that had paused nearly a week of deadly border clashes. A senior Taliban official said Pakistan bombed three locations in Paktika province and Afghan authorities warned of retaliation. A provincial hospital reported ten civilians killed, 12 wounded, and two children among the dead. The Afghanistan Cricket Board reported three cricketers and five others killed, seven injured, during a gathering in Urgun district after a friendly match in Sharana, and withdrew from a forthcoming Tri-Nation T20I Series with Pakistan. Islamabad said the strikes targeted the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group linked to the TTP.
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