Pakistan carries out deadly airstrikes along Afghanistan border

Dozens of civilians reported dead by Taliban after strikes launched following militant attack in Karachi

Pakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, the Taliban government's deputy spokesperson has said as attacks between the two countries showed no sign of abating.

Pakistan's information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said the operations on Sunday night were aimed at a terrorist group his country blamed for a deadly militant attack in Karachi that killed three security personnel over the weekend.