Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned Pakistan for violating Afghanistan’s airspace and carrying out airstrikes that killed several civilians, including women and children, in the provinces of Kunar, Khost and Paktika.
In a social media post, he stated that Islamabad must acknowledge its hostile actions in the region and abandon its policy of war and destruction. The remarks came today after a Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed that as many as 13 civilians, mostly children, were killed in Pakistani military airstrikes in Kunar, Khost, and Paktika.
Condemning the actions by Pakistani forces, Mujahid said that the attack targeting civilian homes took place last night, killing 11 children, one woman, and an elderly man, while 14 other women and children were injured. The Taliban spokesperson said, the Pakistani military once again violated Afghanistan’s airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika.
A Taliban district official said that two schools, a clinic, and two mosques were destroyed in Pakistan’s attack. Taliban district governor in Dangam, Mohammad Omar Sadiq, said that the Pakistani army has lost its ability to attack directly and has started targeting civilian facilities.