#Pakistan’s military carried out late-night airstrikes on Sunday in Giyan and Samkani District of #Paktia Province, with residential areas allegedly hit.
According to local media sources, more than 30 reported killed and over 100 injured, all #civilians.
#Afghanistan
🇵🇰🇦🇫 Pakistan just launched airstrikes across 3 Afghan provinces (Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar) with Kabul reporting civilian deaths from the strikes.
This comes a day after Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a TTP splinter group, attacked a Pakistani military facility in Karachi killing four soldiers and wounding others, which is almost certainly what triggered the cross-border response.
Pakistan has been running this cycle for years: attack on Pakistani soil, airstrikes into Afghan territory, Taliban condemnation, brief pause, repeat.
But the Karachi strike hitting an urban military facility rather than a border post is an escalation in itself and Pakistan's response across three provinces simultaneously suggests they're done absorbing hits quietly.
The Taliban government is already isolated internationally and now has Pakistani jets over its territory with civilian casualties to explain. This one has room to get significantly worse.
Source: via @officialrnintel on TG / Writer: Oliver
Italian media have revealed the identities of the Afghans who were burned alive inside a vehicle two days ago in the Italian city of Amendolara by two Pakistani migrants.
According to reports, the victims included 29-year-old Waseem Khan, 28-year-old Fazal, 27-year-old Safi, and 19-year-old Ismat.
In the incident, a 35-year-old Afghan migrant who managed to escape from the vehicle was injured. Reports also state that a Pakistani citizen was among those killed.
According to the reports, the perpetrators were two Pakistani nationals, Safeer Ahmed and Ali Raza, who have been arrested by the police.
Reports indicate that the slain Afghans worked with the Pakistani men in the agricultural sector and had demanded higher wages.
The Islamic Emirate, while condemning the incident, has called for an investigation but has not provided details about the identities of the Afghan victims.
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Afghanistan: Urgent Statement on Civilian Casualties in Asadabad, Kunar Province
We are deeply concerned by credible reports of civilian harm following strikes in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar Province. According to multiple local sources, attacks attributed to Pakistani military forces struck residential areas as well as the Afghan Syed Jamaluddin University, resulting in significant civilian casualties.
Preliminary information indicates that at least 48 individuals, including civilians and university students, were affected. Reports from local medical facilities confirm that dozens of injured individuals and several deceased victims have been received, many of whom are women, children, and students.
Eyewitness testimonies suggest that the strikes directly impacted civilian homes and an active educational institution. One student reported that the incident occurred while classes were in session, causing panic and injuries among those present. Such accounts raise serious concerns regarding the apparent targeting of civilian objects.
This incident reflects a troubling pattern of cross-border violence in Kunar Province, where previous strikes have reportedly resulted in civilian deaths, including among women and children, and damage to essential civilian infrastructure.
Under international humanitarian law, all parties to a conflict are obligated to distinguish at all times between civilians and combatants, and between civilian objects and military targets. Attacks directed against civilians or civilian infrastructure—including educational institutions—are strictly prohibited.
International Human Rights Foundation-IHRF call for:
1️⃣ An immediate, independent, and transparent investigation into the incident
2️⃣ Full accountability for any violations of international humanitarian law
3️⃣ Concrete measures to prevent further harm to civilians
4️⃣ The protection and respect of educational institutions and other civilian spaces
The repeated loss of civilian life underscores the urgent need for restraint and adherence to international legal obligations. The protection of civilians must remain an absolute priority.
(IHRF has ample evidence of the said incident, which is not being shared here, because of the graphic nature of the evidence. However, the evidence is being recorded for a subsequent report to the UNHRC tribunal)
Heavy shelling by Pakistani forces targeted a market and civilian homes Kunar province early today, injuring civilians, including children. Pakistan continues to violate human rights, by committing war crimes but the international community largely remains silent.
@OIC_OCI@UNAMAnews@hrw@UNICEFAfg@UNHumanRights@UN@UK4Afghanistan@georgegalloway
A Pakistani airstrike on a drug treatment center in Afghanistan on March 16 was an unlawful attack and a possible war crime.
Pakistani authorities should investigate the incident and hold all those responsible for wrongdoing to account. https://t.co/NOn3uMzqLV
The Pakistan strike on Kabul on March 16 resulted in a significant number of deaths and injuries to civilians, at least in the hundreds. The total death toll has yet to be independently assessed.
It is well-documented that a large part of Camp Phoenix, a former NATO camp, had been operating as a drug rehabilitation facility since 2016. Pakistan’s military should have known this and therefore taken all feasible precautions to spare civilians and civilian objects before launching this strike. Any reasonable assessment and information gathering would have concluded that the camp had a high civilian presence.
Even if an ammunition depot was present inside the wider camp, the decision to attack should have been weighed against any excessive harm that it was likely to cause to civilians. The scale of death and destruction raises serious concerns about whether the Pakistani military conducted an adequate proportionality assessment and took all necessary steps to gather information about the intended target and minimize civilian harm.
The Pakistani authorities must now explain what information they acted upon, and steps taken for verification. They must also carry out an independent, impartial and timely investigation into the circumstances of this strike and the resulting civilian casualties, with the results made public with a view to ensuring accountability.
Amnesty International calls on all parties to the conflict to strictly adhere to international humanitarian law and to take urgent measures to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
https://t.co/VfEv8zTPGR
Afghan mothers mourn their sons, this time following #Pakistan’s bombing of a #rehabilitation center in #Kabul which underscores the relentless toll of violence on the country’s most vulnerable. Afghans themselves know who has stood by, who has acted, and who has looked away, even when cloaked behind shifting alliances, changing narratives, and convenient causes.
Tonight in Kabul, hope was extinguished at a hospital. Young men seeking treatment were murdered in a bombing by the Pakistani military regime. Mothers waited at the gates, calling their sons’ names. On the 28th night of Ramadan, their lives were cut short.
"According to preliminary statistics, so far more than 250 addicts under treatment have been killed and hundreds of others have been injured."
@TOLOnews journalist Hamid Bahraam tells @SkyYaldaHakim his colleagues saw "bodies everywhere" at the Kabul rehabilitation hospital which was hit by Pakistani airstrikes, according to Taliban officials.
The victims were drug addicts who had been brought for treatment.
🌍 https://t.co/rB90Nphn29
#afghanistan #pakistan #kabul
I am deeply saddened by the latest reports of civilian casualties as a result of Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul. Targeting civilian homes, educational facilities or medical infrastructure, either intentional or by mistake, is a war crime. The sheer disregard for human lives, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, is sickening and deeply concerning. It will only fuel division and hatred. I call upon the UN and other human rights agencies to thoroughly investigate this latest atrocity and hold the perpetrators to account. I stand with my Afghan people in this difficult time. We shall heal, and we will rise as a nation. We always do. Inshallah ! 🇦🇫
@rashidkhan_19 More than 300 patients killed or wounded in Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul rehab hospital.
This brutal night will remain etched in Afghanistan’s memory, never forgotten and never forgiven.
More than 300 patients killed or wounded in Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul rehab hospital.
This brutal night will remain etched in Afghanistan’s memory, never forgotten and never forgiven.
Dismayed by fresh reports of #Pakistan airstrikes in #Afghanistan and resulting civilian casualties. My condolences. I urge parties to de-escalate, exercise maximum restraint & respect international law, including the protection of civilians and civilian objects such as hospitals
This is the true face of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan، a country that shows no mercy to Afghans. Those who have faced life، threatening danger in Afghanistan and fled the Taliban are denied medical treatment and subjected to abuse by Pakistani military government. Even in government hospitals, they can lose their lives, simply because they are Afghan.
In this video, an innocent child cries out: “My father was not treated!” 💔 The grief of this child and their mother speaks volumes. Afghan refugees، women, children, human rights defenders, and journalists، are brutally neglected and mistreated by Pakistani authorities.
Government hospitals refuse to provide care. The cruelty and injustice of the Pakistani government directly endanger lives, showing no mercy or humanity whatsoever.
A young girl recounts the moment when a #Pakistani airstrikes struck her home last night in #Kabul, killing 4 of her family members & injuring her & her siblings.
The Journalist breaks down in tears as she explains the horrific crime scene.
#afghanistan