Afghanistan
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India Condemns Pakistan Airstrikes on Afghanistan as “Deflection from Domestic Failures”
DID Press: Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (India), condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan, saying they resulted in civilian casualties, including women and children, during the holy month of Ramadan. Responding to media queries, Jaiswal said the…
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Afghanistan’s UN Mission Condemns Pakistan Airstrikes as Breach of Int’l Law
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to UN condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on Nangarhar Province and Paktika Province, calling them a violation of international law and Afghanistan’s territorial integrity. In a statement issued on Sunday, Feb. 22, the mission said counterterrorism efforts…
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Pakistan Claims 70 Killed in Afghanistan Strikes as Taliban Say Civilians Hit
DID Press: Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s deputy interior minister, said nearly 70 people were killed in recent Pakistani strikes on what Islamabad described as “terrorist positions” inside Afghanistan. In comments to Geo News, Chaudhry claimed that available evidence indicates most of…
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Durrani: Pakistan No Longer Tolerate Cross-Border Militant Hideouts
DID Press: Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s former special representative for Afghanistan, described last night’s Pakistani airstrikes in Nangarhar and Paktika Provinces as a “clear and calibrated message” to the Taliban. Writing on X, he said Islamabad will no longer tolerate “cross-border…
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Pakistan Strikes on Afghanistan Exposed Islamabad’s Strategic Deadlock
DID Press: Pakistan once again resorted to military pressure against Afghanistan, striking targets in the country’s eastern provinces. The de facto authorities in Kabul say the attacks killed and wounded dozens of civilians. The operation, widely seen as an attempt…
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US Envoy Faces Criticism Over Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq Civilian Casualty Remarks
DID Press: The newly appointed US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, made controversial remarks claiming that civilian casualties in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq caused by US forces exceeded civilian deaths resulting from Israel’s operations in Gaza Strip. Speaking…
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IHRO Calls for Urgent Probe into Pakistan’s Strikes on Afghanistan
DID Press: International Human Rights Organization (IHRO) said it is gravely concerned by Pakistan’s overnight attacks on Afghan territory and called for an immediate, independent, and transparent investigation by international bodies. In a statement posted on X, the rights group…
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Taliban Warn Pakistan: “Desecrated Qurans Will Not Go Unanswered”
DID Press: Akif Muhajir, spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, warned Pakistan following Saturday night’s airstrikes on Afghan territory, saying that the “torn copies of the Quran in the Barmal madrasa will…
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Abdul Salam Zaeef: Pakistani Airstrikes Are Clear Violation of Afghanistan’s Sovereignty
DID Press: Former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan has described the country’s recent airstrikes as a breach of neighborly principles and international norms. Abdul Salam Zaeef, in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account, strongly condemned last night’s Pakistani military…
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Bombing of Civilian Areas in Nangarhar and Paktika; Kabul Vows Calculated Response
DID Press: Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban government, announced that Pakistani military forces carried out fresh airstrikes last night on parts of Afghan territory in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces. According to him, civilian areas were targeted in the attacks,…
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