Pakistan launched deadly air strikes targeting militants in Afghanistan, prompting accusations from Kabul that dozens of civilians, including children, were killed and wounded.

• The strikes, described as the most extensive since October, targeted Afghanistan-based militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban.
• Afghanistan's defence ministry vowed to deliver an "appropriate and calculated response."
• The attacks follow recent suicide bombings in Pakistan, including one at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad that killed at least 40 people.