Islamabad: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm over reports that several civilians, including children, were killed in an alleged airstrike on Tirah Valley civilians in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“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. 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 HRCP wrote on X.

The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday when bombs allegedly dropped by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets struck the Tirah Valley in KP Pakistan. According to opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), at least 20 bodies have been recovered from the rubble after five civilian homes were destroyed.

“During the jet aircraft bombing in the Tirah Valley of Khyber, several bombs fell on the local population. Five houses of local citizens were destroyed, and according to local sources, 20 bodies have been recovered from the rubble so far, including children and women among the martyrs. I have no words that can encompass this sorrow and grief… Sometimes drones, sometimes bombings have sown so many seeds of hatred that when this lava erupts, nothing will be left,” PTI’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter said in a post on X.

The PTI also circulated disturbing images and videos of the aftermath, claiming they showed victims of the KP airstrike civilian deaths, including children. As of now, there has been no official confirmation or response from the Pakistan government regarding the reported Khyber Pakhtunkhwa airstrike.