India has strongly condemned Pakistan’s strikes on Afghanistan on Sunday, which has resulted in civilian casualties. Pakistan stated its army motion had killed at the least 70 militants. Kabul rejected the declare, stating that at the least 18 individuals had died within the strikes, which had hit “numerous civilian areas” within the provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika in japanese Afghanistan, in line with the Related Press.
“India strongly condemns Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghan territory which have resulted in civilian casualties, together with ladies and kids, through the holy month of Ramadan. It’s one other try by Pakistan to externalise its inner failures,” Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated in response to a media question.
The MEA additional asserted India’s assist for “Afghanistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence”.
Pak claims strikes focused militant hideouts; Kabul says properties, madrasa hit
Islamabad has claimed that it focused what it described as hideouts of Pakistani militants within the strikes. In the meantime, the Afghan Protection Ministry stated multiples properties and a madrassa had been hit, calling the strikes a violation of Afghanistan’s airspace and sovereignty.
Pakistan’s deputy inside minister Talal Chaudhry, in an interview with Geo Information, claimed 70 militants had been killed within the strikes, with out presenting any conclusive proof.
In a publish on social media platform X, Afghan authorities spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid stated the assaults had “killed and wounded dozens, together with ladies and kids.” He additional termed Pakistan’s declare of 70 militants’ dying as “inaccurate.”
Relating to casualties, Mawlawi Fazl Rahman Fayyaz, the provincial director of the Afghan Purple Crescent Society within the Nangarhar province, stated 18 individuals had been killed and several other others wounded.
Afghanistan summons Pak envoy, warns of penalties
After the strikes, Afghanistan’s Ministry of International Affairs summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul to lodge a protest.
“The Ministry of International Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan summoned the Ambassador of Pakistan in Kabul….in response to the Pakistani army strikes on Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties,” the ministry stated in an announcement.
The ministry condemned “vehemently…the violation of Afghanistan’s airspace & the focusing on of civilians, describing it as a flagrant breach of Afghanistan’s territorial integrity & a provocative motion.”
Pakistan was knowledgeable that it might be answerable for any “adversarial penalties of such actions”, which shall be taken to safeguard Afghanistan’s “territorial integrity”, in line with the ministry assertion.
After the strikes, villagers in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province cleared the rubble, whereas mourners ready for the funerals of these killed, AP reported. A neighborhood informed AP that the deceased “had been poor individuals who suffered enormously.”
“These killed had been neither (the) Taliban, nor army personnel, nor members of the previous authorities,” the native tribal elder stated.
