Kabul, May 4 (IANS) Three people were killed and 14 others injured during Pakistan army’s fresh strikes on Dangam district in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, the Taliban regime said on Monday. A Taliban district official said that two schools, a clinic and two mosques were destroyed in Pakistan’s attack, Afghanistan International reported. However, the official have not revealed the exact timing of the attacks.Taliban district governor in Dangam, Mohammad Omar Sadiq, stated that Pakistani army has…
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Quetta, May 1 (IANS) Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Friday strongly condemned Pakistan’s remarks over a recent protest at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, describing them as “smear propaganda”. During a weekly media briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi had made some comments on a protest that took place at the Indian university earlier this week during an event associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).Slamming the Pakis…
Kabul, April 30 (IANS) Renewed border clashes between troops of Afghanistan and Pakistan have deteriorated humanitarian conditions in eastern Afghanistan, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), local media reported on Thursday. At least seven people were killed, and 79 others were injured in airstrikes and shelling in Afghanistan’s Asadabad city and parts of Kunar province on April 27.The violence has caused damage to civilian infrastructure, …
Kabul, April 29 (IANS) Taliban’s Minister of Higher Education, Nida Mohammad Nadeem, has said that Afghanistan’s patience and restraint against repeated Pakistani attacks does not showcase weakness or retreat. He emphasised that Kabul will respond to Islamabad at an “appropriate time” and under “appropriate circumstances”, local media reported on Wednesday. Nadeem stated that Afghanistan’s resolve and courage will not be shaken after Pakistani attacks. He specifically mentioned the recent attack…
Kabul, April 28 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday summoned the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul over the recent attacks carried out by the Pakistani forces on civilian targets in various Afghan provinces.Kabul also handed a protest letter to the Pakistani diplomat over Islamabad targetting public facilities along the Durand Line, even the university in the centre of Kunar province.The Ministry strongly condemned the violation of Afghanistan’s airspa…
Kabul, April 28 (IANS) Richard Bennett, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, on Tuesday called for “prompt, independent and thorough investigations” as fresh reports cited that at least seven people have been killed and 75 injured in Pakistani strikes targetting Afghanistan’s Kunar province. “I echo UNAMA’s concern and condolences. Civilians must always be protected and perpetrators held accountable. Therefore, there is a need for prompt, indepe…
Kabul, April 28 (IANS) At least seven people have been killed and 75 injured after Pakistani strikes hit parts of Afghanistan’s Kunar province, including the provincial capital Asadabad and Sarkano district, local media reported on Tuesday. The death toll continues to increase as more victims are being identified. According to officials at the government hospital in Asadabad, dozens of injured people, including women and children, were brought for treatment while emergency teams continue to resp…
Kabul, April 28 (IANS) Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education strongly condemned the missile attack by the Pakistani military forces on Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan University in Kunar province, stating that the strike injured nearly 30 students and professors, while causing extensive damage to the university’s infrastructure.In a statement issued on Monday following the attack, the Ministry denounced the act as “cowardly, ruthless, and contrary to all Islamic and international principles”….
Kabul, April 27 (IANS) As many as three people have been killed and 45 injured in attacks carried out by Pakistani military in Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Monday, local media reported citing the provincial information and culture department. Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Information and Culture Director Najibullah Hanif said that the attacks took place after 2 pm (local time) when Pakistani forces launched drone strikes and fired artillery shells later on areas around the provincial capit…
Kabul, April 24 (IANS) Clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan have disrupted education of around 12,000 Afghan students in border areas, according to the United Nations (UN), local media reported on Friday. Many children have been displaced or are unable to continue studies in schools, especially in Afghanistan’s Kunar’s province, where villages have been partially emptied and schools have been damaged, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.As per reports, at least 22 schools…