30 Killed As Pak Air Force Drops 8 Bombs On Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Village

All casualties were civilians.

A minimum of 30 individuals, including women and children, lost their lives during airstrikes conducted by the Pakistani Air Force in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday. The tragic event occurred approximately at 2 am when Pakistani fighter jets released eight LS-6 bombs on the village of Matre Dara situated in the Tirah Valley, resulting in a devastating loss of life.

All fatalities were civilians.

According to local media sources, numerous people have also sustained injuries, though their conditions remain uncertain.

Harrowing images and footage from the incident location revealed bodies, including those of children, scattered around. Rescue teams were actively searching for bodies buried under debris, raising concerns that the death toll could increase further.

Numerous counter-terrorism operations have been executed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa previously, with significant civilian casualties reported from the region. Earlier this year, during June, Amnesty International stated that frequent drone strikes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa indicate an alarming disregard for civilian life in Pakistan.

"Pakistani authorities have failed to take action to protect the lives and property of civilians in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who continue to pay the price of an escalating number of drone strikes in the province. Last Friday's drone strike, killing one child, is part of an alarming series of attacks which have escalated since March of this year," stated Isabelle Lassee, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International.

According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's police, the province has documented 605 terror incidents between January and August this year in which at least 138 civilians and 79 Pakistani police personnel were killed. August alone recorded 129 incidents, including the killing of six Pakistan Army and paramilitary Federal Constabulary personnel.

Pak terrorists shifting base After Operation Sindoor, which targeted and destroyed nine major terrorist hideouts across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), terrorist organisations such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) are establishing new bases deep inside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the Afghan frontier. The province's mountainous terrain, coupled borders with Afghanistan, offers natural concealment. Many areas still contain hideouts built during the anti-Soviet Afghan war of the 1980s and during the American invasion of Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks.