Pakistan Air Force (PAF) killed 30 civilians in an air strike on Monday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The PAF used JF-17 fighters on civilians, dropped bombs in villages that led to a humanitarian catastrophe.
8 Bombs Dropped In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 30 Killed In Pak Air Force Strikes@AdityaRajKaul reports pic.twitter.com/AvSt78H02f
— NDTV (@ndtv) September 22, 2025
The Pakistan Army launched the military offensive at 2 a.m in the intervening night between the 21st and 22nd of September. The strike also critically injured many innocent civilians.
As per reports, Pakistani Air Force dropped a minimum of six LS-6 bombs using JF-17 fighter jets on the villages located in Tirah Valley. The attack obliterated many homes and also left corpses everywhere.
Furthermore, a village named Matre Dara in the valley was specifically targeted, with the highest number of casualties reported. Villagers are calling it a massacre by the Pakistani army.
Brutal Massacre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 30 Civilians mercilessly killed in Pakistani Airstrikes. Matre Dara Village Filled with Bodies of Women and Children. At 2am, Pakistani Air Force used JF-17 fighter jets to drop at least 8 LS-6 bombs on the village located in the Tirah… pic.twitter.com/kev9edgEN4
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) September 22, 2025
The Pakistan Army received a lot of criticism for the brutal attack. The Pakistan Army has been conducting military operations to crack down on alleged insurgents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan region.
However, on Sunday night, the Pakistan Army used fighter jets to drop bombs in villages killing civilians. Human Rights and Pashtun groups have often accused the Pakistan Army of waging a war on Pashtuns.
HRCP takes cognisance of the strike on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has taken cognisance of the attack and condemned the incident. It said in a statement, “HRCP is deeply shocked to learn that a number of civilians, including children, have been killed, allegedly as a result of aerial bombing in Tirah, Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”
The statement also added, “We demand that the authorities carry out an immediate and impartial inquiry into the incident and hold to account those responsible. The state is constitutionally bound to protect all civilians’ right to life, which it has repeatedly failed to secure.”
The Pakistan Army’s War on Pashtuns
Pakistan has been waging a war on Pashtuns for a long time. Earlier In May, a drone strike in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa injured 16 civilians. Then in March, a drone strike killed 9 civilians, including women and children. In another attack in May, the Pakistan Army killed 4 children.
