Kabul [Afghanistan], November 25 (ANI): Afghanistan condemned Pakistan for the airstrikes conducted in its Paktika, Khost, and Kunar provinces, calling the attacks a direct assault on its sovereignty. The Afghan government described the strikes as a clear violation of internationally recognized norms and principles, and stated that it will respond at an appropriate time.
Afghanistan’s government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday that the actions by Pakistan highlight the “ongoing failures of Pakistan’s military regime” and emphasized that defending Afghanistan’s airspace, territory, and citizens is its legitimate right. In a post on X, he wrote, “Response to yet another violation of Afghanistan’s territory by Pakistani forces. The airstrikes carried out last night by Pakistani forces in Afghanistan’s Paktika, Khost, and Kunar provinces constitute a direct assault on Afghanistan’s sovereignty and a clear breach of internationally recognized norms and principles by the Pakistani authorities. These hostile actions by Pakistani forces achieve nothing; they only prove that operations driven by flawed intelligence inflame tensions and expose the ongoing failures of Pakistan’s military regime. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan strongly condemns this violation and act of aggression, and stresses that defending its airspace, territory, and citizens is its legitimate right. A necessary response will be taken at the proper time.”
Monday night’s Pakistani bombing killed nine children and one adult, Mujahid reported. He detailed on X that the attack targeted the house of a local resident, Waliat Khan, in the Mughalgai area of Gorbuz district, Khost province. A subsequent post noted that one woman was also killed and her house destroyed. Additional airstrikes in Kunar and Paktika injured four civilians.
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the strikes, urging Pakistan to “establish relations with Afghanistan based on international principles and the foundation of good neighborliness, to act with foresight, and to refrain from repeating destructive and hostile policies,” according to a post on X.
Former U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad called for “realistic diplomacy” and highlighted reports of a Turkish delegation planning to visit Islamabad and Kabul to advance an agreement aimed at preventing the use of territories to threaten security. He noted that the agreement could establish an operations or monitoring office in Ankara, staffed by officials from Türkiye, Qatar, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Earlier, a Pakistani diplomat met with a senior Afghan governor in Jalalabad, marking the first high-level contact between the two sides in months amid rising regional security concerns, Dawn reported. (ANI)
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