United Nations has confirmed that at least 28 civilians were killed and 49 others wounded in Pakistani air strikes on Paktia, Paktika and Kunar on Sunday evening. Women and children were among the casualties.
Kabul residents reported hearing an explosion on Monday, followed by a fire and thick smoke rising over the capital. The cause and nature of the blast remain unknown.
The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry said it had summoned Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in Kabul following Pakistan’s airstrikes overnight.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said its military carried out strikes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border overnight.
UN human rights experts in Geneva have warned that the Taliban’s decree on the “separation of spouses” legitimises child marriage and blocks women and girls from leaving abusive relationships.
The Taliban’s use of drones has evolved over five years from commercial surveillance aircraft and propaganda tools into a more ambitious program involving armed and apparent one-way attack drones.
The Taliban’s commission on migrant affairs says Pakistan deported at least 2,990 Afghan migrants on Friday, returning them through the Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
