At least 30 civilians, most of them women and children, were killed in the early hours of Monday when airstrikes hit the village of Matre Dara in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to Indian intelligence sources.

The strikes, which began around 2 am, reportedly involved JF-17 fighter jets dropping at least eight China-made precision-guided bombs on the remote settlement. Witnesses described scenes of destruction, with bodies scattered in the streets and survivors digging through the rubble of collapsed homes with their bare hands.

“Entire families have been wiped out. Most of the victims are women and children who had no chance to escape,” a source said.

The Tirah Valley, near the Afghanistan border, is an area where Pakistani forces frequently target militants from the T

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