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Pakistani airstrikes hit Afghanistan, killing 36 civilians in "militant" hunt

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So, Pakistan decided to handle its security issues by launching airstrikes across the border, and, as absolutely anyone could have predicted, it ended in a complete tragedy for ordinary people.

The official line from Pakistan is that they were targeting "militant hideouts" along the border. This was supposed to be payback for recent attacks inside their own country.

Instead, the bombs hit villages, leaving at least 36 civilians dead and another 160 wounded.

Naturally, Afghanistan is furious, calling the whole thing an outright act of aggression. It’s the classic, tragic cycle: governments throw punches at shadows, and the people living in mud-brick houses pay the ultimate price.

Somehow, bombing neighbors to achieve peace never seems to play out the way the generals draw it on their whiteboards.

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  1. Freeway Lawyer
    "militants" is the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card for killing civilians, so tired of this script
    +4 solidA cynical observation that hits the nail on the head, even if the nail is made of geopolitical misery
  2. Suburban Bigfoot
    And now Afghanistan is going to strike back, and the cycle continues. absolute madness.
    +1 boringStating that war is a cycle is like stating that water is wet; thanks for the breaking news from the last five millennia