{"id":9549,"date":"2022-04-16T19:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T19:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=9549"},"modified":"2022-04-16T19:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T19:15:01","slug":"unama-concerned-over-civilian-casualties-by-pakistani-air-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/04\/unama-concerned-over-civilian-casualties-by-pakistani-air-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"UNAMA concerned over civilian casualties by Pakistani air strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KABUL (SW) &#8211; The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has expressed concerns over reports of civilian casualties following air strikes by Pakistan in Khost and Kunar provinces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;UNAMA is deeply concerned by reports of civilian casualties, incl. women and children, as a result of airstrikes in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Khost<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> &amp; <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Kunar<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> provinces last night. Civilians are never a target. UNAMA is working to establish facts on the ground and verify the extent of losses. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Afghanistan&#8221;,\u00a0 tweeted UNAMA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s top diplomat in Kabul has been summoned to record strong protest over aerial raid in Khost and mortar shelling in Kunar provinces<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate issued a newsletter this afternoon saying that it had summoned Pakistan\u2019s ambassador to Kabul, Mansour Ahmad Khan, in connection with the aerial raid on Afghanistan\u2019s border areas. The ministry has condemned Pakistani military attacks on Afghanistan\u2019s border areas and stressed the need to prevent a recurrence.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s continued attacks on Afghan territory were straining relations between the two sides and \u201cwould lead to malicious and biased abuse with dire consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also summoned Ahmad Shakib, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires 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\u2019affaires of the embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad in connection with the \u201cforeign attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Shakib, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Emirate in Islamabad<br \/>\nPakistani media reported last Thursday that seven Pakistani soldiers had been killed in an attack by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North Waziristan.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL (SW) &#8211; The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has expressed concerns over reports of civilian casualties following air strikes by Pakistan in Khost and Kunar provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,200,5,8,4,6,7],"tags":[12,222,268,564],"class_list":["post-9549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security_","category-peace","category-democracy-human-rights","category-politics_","category-governance","category-news_","category-afghanistan","category-headline","tag-afghanistan","tag-unama","tag-khost","tag-kunar"],"views":397,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}