Taliban says Pakistan ‘killed 50 refugees’ fleeing airstrikes in Afghanistan

Armed Taliban security personnel screening civilians at a checkpoint in Afghanistan on Christmas Day (Picture: EPA)Airstrikes by the Pakistani military have killed up to 50 refugees, mostly women and children, the Taliban claims.The ‘unarmed refugees’ were killed in eastern Afghanistan after fleeing there from a Pakistani offensive in the north-west, according to officials.A spokesperson for the Afghan government put the death toll at 46, of whom 27 were women and children.The Pakis