Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on June 10 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.
He stated that Islamabad must acknowledge its hostile actions in the region and abandon its policy of “ war and destruction” .
His remarks came 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.
Expressing grief and solidarity with the affected families, Karzai took to the social media platform X and posted: “Pakistan is grappling with the consequences of its ill-considered policies and hostile actions in the region, and it must realize that it will not achieve its goals by persisting with and pursuing those policies. Pakistan’s best interest lies in abandoning its policy of war and destruction toward Afghanistan and instead choosing good neighborliness and civilized relations.”
Meanwhile, condemning the actions by Pakistani forces, Mujahid said that the attack targeting civilian homes took place on Tuesday night, killing 11 children, one woman, and an elderly man, while 14 other women and children were injured.
The Taliban spokesperson said in a post on X: “Last night, the Pakistani military once again violated Afghanistan’s airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika.” As a result of these attacks, 11 children, one woman, and one elderly man were killed,” he said
