At least 30 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the early hours of Sunday when Pakistani fighter jets allegedly struck Matre Dara village in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to media reports.
The assault took place at around 2:00 am, reportedly flattening homes and leaving scores trapped under rubble.According to sources cited by a News18 report, China-supplied JF-17 Thunder jets dropped at least eight LS-6 precision glide bombs on the civilian settlement, creating multiple blast zones. Residents described the aftermath as a “massacre”, with bodies lying in the open and livestock destroyed. Survivors insisted there was no militant presence in the area.
