Afghanistan Protests Against Pakistani Airstrikes as Civilian Death Toll Rises

The Afghan foreign ministry has summoned the Chargé d’Affaires of Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul and delivered a strongly worded letter of protest in response to aerial attacks by the Pakistani military in the provinces of Kunar, Paktia, and Paktika. As the death toll from these incidents has risen to 38, Kabul has accused Islamabad of deflecting its internal crises onto Afghanistan…

Response to Heavy Aerial Assault

The foreign ministry issued an official and forceful statement, indicating that the Chargé d’Affaires was urgently summoned to convey Afghanistan’s protest, condemnation, and strong complaint regarding the blatant violation of Afghan airspace and indiscriminate bombing of residential areas in the provinces of Kunar, Paktia, and Paktika. Kabul’s diplomatic apparatus has labeled this military action as a brazen assault.

Increase in Civilian Casualties to 38

According to revised statistics released in the statement, during the airstrikes on Sunday evening by the Pakistani military targeting border villages in three eastern and southeastern provinces, at least 38 defenseless Afghan civilians, predominantly women and young children, lost their lives. The Afghan foreign ministry has condemned these attacks as a systematic violation of international law principles, humanitarian law conventions, and the national and geopolitical sovereignty of Afghanistan. UN Reports Rising Civilian Toll Amid Airstrikes by Pakistan in Afghanistan.

Kabul’s Warning to Islamabad on Crisis Deflection

In another part of the official statement, it was emphasized that the Pakistani government and military have repeatedly, without providing any credible documentation, attributed internal security incidents and intelligence failures within their territory to Afghanistan. This has been seen as a deliberate attempt to shift the responsibility for their internal problems onto the neighboring country. Kabul’s foreign ministry has warned that the continuation of such hostile and military approaches will not only fail to resolve Pakistan’s security crises but will also cause irreparable harm to the longstanding relations between the two countries, the mutual trust among their peoples, and the stability of the entire region. India Condemns Pakistan’s Airstrikes on Afghanistan, Heightening Regional Tensions.