At least 30 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in the early hours of Monday when the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out airstrikes on the Matre Dara village in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to Indian intelligence sources.

The strikes began around 2 am, with JF-17 fighter jets unleashing at least eight Chinese-origin LS-6 precision-guided bombs on the remote settlement. Witnesses described harrowing scenes of destruction, with bodies scattered across rubble-strewn streets and survivors digging through collapsed homes with bare hands. “Entire families have been wiped out,” a source said. “Most of the victims are women and children who had no chance to escape.”

The Tirah Valley, along the Afghanistan border, has long been a battleground where Pakistani f

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