Idrees Zaman

Former Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan | Former Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs | Founder & Executive Chairman BAHAM

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

Today, I leave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as acting Foreign Minister. I thank President @ashrafghani for trusting me to lead the Ministry. This past year has allowed me to serve my beloved country with honor, grace and patriotism.

[Elian Peltier @ElianPeltier]

Three eyewitnesses told us that Pakistan used a double tap (a first strike, then a second 10 minutes apart as rescuers and residents rushed to the scene) on a building it targeted in Paktia province last night. More than 30 people died (36 per Afghanistan, 32 per Pakistan) and 160 were injured in a series of airstrikes in three provinces.
https://t.co/WDoTxE13wU

[Elian Peltier @ElianPeltier]

UN mission in Afghanistan: at least 28 civilians killed and 49 others injured, including women and children.
https://t.co/ZZ9RlQNJ6Q

[cyril almeida @cyalm]

Outraged when other countries do it… cheers or silence when their own does it…

[UNAMA News @UNAMAnews]

UNAMA has confirmed that at least 28 civilians were killed and 49 injured in airstrikes carried out in Paktya, Paktika and Kunar provinces in #Afghanistan on the evening of Sunday 28 June.
Full statement [in English, Dari, Pashto]: https://t.co/m4NvYHTDK5

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

Some Kabuli traditions don’t fade, they’re protected. My mother always makes sure of that.

[Norway MFA @NorwayMFA]

Norway strongly regrets casualties at a drug-rehabilitation center in Kabul. Parties must respect proportionality and precaution. Medical facilities and patients should never be bombed. We urge restraint and dialogue to end hostilities and address cross-border security concerns

[Wahid Majrooh - وحید مجروح @WahidMajrooh]

Confirmed by the #WHO: 400 patients killed, 250+ injured in an airstrike by #Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation center in #Kabul.

Not collateral damage.But a direct strike on #healthcare.

Under #IHL, attacks on medical facilities are war #crimes. No ambiguity. No justification.

[Afghan Analyst @AfghanAnalyst2]

𝗔𝗳𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲
Afghanistan International didn’t even bother to verify the claim by cross-checking it with the official Pakistani account, which explicitly stated that the target was a building marked in the photo posted by them. And that is exactly the drug rehabilitation center, assumed by Pakistan to be a military site (see the marked map on the left, shared by an account affiliated with Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting).
You can also compare the geolocated screenshots of the burning sections of the rehabilitation center by @Qaisalamdar with the photo posted by the ministry-affiliated account.

@AFIntlBrk can check it for itself: https://t.co/WutHH4zNAM

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

This is utterly despicable. It reads like something lifted straight from a WhatsApp forward and published without a shred of scrutiny. Any competent journalist would have questioned whether this was truly an arson fire and, more importantly, how such an enormous volume of debris, clearly consistent with a major explosion, came to be. The failure to ask even the most basic questions and then publishing this garbage is inexcusable.

[افغانستان اینترنشنال @AFIntlBrk]

منابع پاکستانی به افغانستان اینترنشنال می‌گویند که پاکستان در حمله دوشنبه‌شب به کابل، یک قرارگاه تی‌تی‌پی و طالبان افغان را در سمت راست کمپ فینکس هدف قرار داد. این منابع افزودند که طالبان پس از حملات شفاخانه معتادان را که در نزدیکی محل واقع شده، به آتش کشیدند.

منابع تاکید کردند که در حالی که طالبان مدعی است شفاخانه بمباران شده، در تصاویر منتشرشده لوحه شفاخانه کاملا سالم به‌نظر می‌رسد و ساختمان آن در حال سوختن است.

این منابع همچنین گفتند که طالبان افغان ادعا کرده که صدها نفر در حمله به شفاخانه معتادان کشته شده، اما تصاویر اجساد حتی ۲۰ نفر را منتشر نکرده است.

در همین حال، در ویدیویی که رسانه‌های طالبان نشر کرده‌اند، یکی از زخمی‌های این حمله می‌گوید که هواپیماهای پاکستانی اهدافی در حدود «دوصد متر» دورتر از درمانگاه معتادان را بمباران کردند.

اداره طالبان ادعا کرده که پاکستان یک درمانگاه معتادان در کابل را هدف قرار داده و صدها نفر را کشته است. پس از این حملات، رسانه‌های داخلی که عمدا تحت کنترول طالبان کار می‌کنند،‌ به محل این رویداد رفتند و از آتش‌سوزی گسترده و انتقال اجساد و زخمی‌ها گزارش دادند.
https://t.co/FLqtNsPceK

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

I am deeply indignant that hundreds of Afghans lost their lives and many more were injured as a result of Pakistan’s bombing of a drug rehabilitation center today, and condemn this barbaric attack in the strongest terms.

It is inevitable that a mentality that directly targets civilians and hits hospitals must be held accountable before international law and conscience.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"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

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@AFIntlBrk Is it even newsworthy? Definitely a passenger Airbus A340 or a Boeing 747. No fighter jet can make four condensation trails or contrails.

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@MinasList @PalwashaHasan Congratulations Palwasha Khoray @PalwashaHasan

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@pashtonzoy 1939, not 70s.

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@SangaSiddiqi باید ۱۲۶ مین سالروز تولد شان باشد.

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@AJMojadidy جناب حضرت صاحب پایان ماموریت موفقانه تان در امر خدمت به افغانستان و افغانها را خدمت تان تبریک عرض میکنم. امیدوارم در ماموریت های بعدی بیشتر بدرخشید.

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@purely_Michele @WazhmaAyoubi When President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Afghanistan on December 9, 1959, the presidential plane Columbine III, landed at Bagram Air Base, not Kabul Airport. You are right, Bagram airbase was built in 1950 by USSR.

[Esmat Qani @QaniEsmat]

ماويل چې ايدريس پاکستان ته نه ځي
او پنجابي ډونډرچيان پرافغاني کادرونو رنګونه شېندي
پښتانه وايې
چې کلی پرنامه لري
يو خوی ترنورو ښه لري
ايدريس دزمان خان لمسی دی چې دکابل اوسنۍ زمان خان کلا يې دنيکه په نامه ده
هيڅ مسئول افغان به بيا دپنجاب افغاني رول ته په ښه سترګه ونه ګوري

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@RaffaellaIodic2 Thank you for your service, which undoubtedly has been beyond the call of duty. Kabul was proud to have you. Best of luck for your new adventure!

[Idrees Zaman @IdreesZaman]

@vkumar1969 @rashtrapatibhvn @IndEmbMoscow Congratulations my friend, wish you all the best.

[Hekmat Khalil Karzai @HekmatKarzai]

Wonderful to be in the beautiful city of Istanbul for a dialogue and a series of meetings.
Together with @IdreesZaman, it was a pleasure to meet with our dear friend Cihad Erginay @cerginay former Ambassador of Turkiye to Afghanistan.
Greatly benefited from his insights and reflections on the constructive role the region can play in Afghanistan