Findings by Afghanistan International indicate that the site targeted in Pakistan’s airstrike in eastern Kabul on Monday night was a former NATO base where a drug rehabilitation centre had been established about 10 years ago.
Afghan political figures have reacted strongly to a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul which, according to the Taliban, targeted a drug rehabilitation centre and left “hundreds” dead.
The UN Security Council’s sanctions committee has updated its list of senior Taliban members and officials subject to sanctions.
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada made no mention of Pakistan’s airstrikes, border clashes with Pakistan or civilian casualties in his Eid message.
Ahmad Massoud, leader of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front, says Pakistan’s recent strikes in Afghanistan are the result of what he called the Taliban’s reckless policies and the group’s support for terrorist organisations.
Dozens of Afghan and international civil society groups have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to condemn Taliban policies and avoid normalising relations with the group. They warned that its new penal code deepens Afghanistan’s human rights crisis.
Afghan refugees living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in north-western Kenya say their situation is deteriorating and that they feel increasingly forgotten by the international community.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
Afghan migrants in Pakistan say their visa extension requests are being rejected without explanation, leaving many in limbo and unable to return home.
