Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan said it is open to negotiations after Pakistan carried out airstrikes on several major cities, with Islamabad declaring the two countries in open war following months of escalating tensions and reciprocal attacks, as reported by Al Jazeera. Pakistan resorted to heavy bombarding on Kabul and Kandahar which resulted in heavy loses of Afghan Taliban lives. “We are ready for negotiations if Pakistan wants to hear our grievances,” Afghan Interior Minister Shiekh Dhumani was quoted as saying by AFP on February 28.
Earlier, Pakistan Air Force resorted to heavy bombardment of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, and other towns, while fighting continued along the border, with both sides reporting significant casualties.
Tensions between both countries escalated, with both sides accusing one another of retaliatory strikes, raising fears of a wider military conflict in the region. In a post on X, Pakistan Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, issued a strong statement declaring that Islamanad had lost its patience and accusing the Taliban-led administration of harbouring militants.”
“After the withdrawal of NATO forces, it was expected that there would be peace in Afghanistan and that the Taliban would focus on the interests of the Afghan people and peace in the region…They gathered all the terrorists of the world in their country and began exporting terrorism. They deprived their own people of basic human rights. They snatched away the rights that Islam grants to women,” Asif’s post read.
