KABUL (SW) – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has expressed concerns over reports of civilian casualties following air strikes by Pakistan in Khost and Kunar provinces.
“UNAMA is deeply concerned by reports of civilian casualties, incl. women and children, as a result of airstrikes in #Khost & #Kunar provinces last night. Civilians are never a target. UNAMA is working to establish facts on the ground and verify the extent of losses. #Afghanistan”, tweeted UNAMA.
Pakistan’s top diplomat in Kabul has been summoned to record strong protest over aerial raid in Khost and mortar shelling in Kunar provinces.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate issued a newsletter this afternoon saying that it had summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul, Mansour Ahmad Khan, in connection with the aerial raid on Afghanistan’s border areas. The ministry has condemned Pakistani military attacks on Afghanistan’s border areas and stressed the need to prevent a recurrence.
According to a statement from the Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Acting Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul that the country’s continued attacks on Afghan territory were straining relations between the two sides and “would lead to malicious and biased abuse with dire consequences.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that it has handed over its letter of protest to the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul to deliver it to his country’s leaders.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also summoned Ahmad Shakib, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad, the capital of the country. The ministry said in a news statement that it had summoned the charge d’affaires of the embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad in connection with the “foreign attack”.
Ahmad Shakib, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad
Pakistani media reported last Thursday that seven Pakistani soldiers had been killed in an attack by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan.
However, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern over the increase in Pakistani Taliban movements. According to the newsletter, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked from Afghanistan and has called for a decisive action against the perpetrators.
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