DID Press: Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN has formally lodged a complaint with the UNSC, condemning recent Pakistani airstrikes on Paktika and Nangarhar provinces as a “clear violation of territorial integrity and fundamental principles of international law.”
The complaint was submitted by Nasir Ahmad Faiq, representative of Afghanistan’s former government who continues to hold the country’s UN seat in the absence of a Taliban-appointed envoy.
In a statement, Faiq said the strikes resulted in civilian casualties, including women and children, and called for an urgent international review, an immediate halt to similar operations, and accountability for those responsible. The Afghan mission stressed that counterterrorism measures must be lawful, coordinated, and consistent with international law, and that any foreign military action without consent is “unacceptable.”
Pakistani officials, meanwhile, claim their military targeted seven militant camps in cross-border strikes, killing around 70 members of groups they say are linked to ISIS-K, the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), and other extremist networks. Islamabad framed the strikes as retaliation for recent suicide attacks in Pakistan.
Afghan media, however, reported that 25 people were killed, 17 of them civilians, with a religious school and several residential homes allegedly hit.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid described the strikes as a violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty and said women and children were among the victims. The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense warned that it would respond “at an appropriate time.”