{"id":9661,"date":"2022-04-21T10:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=9661"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:46:06","slug":"20-afghan-children-killed-in-air-strike-by-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/04\/20-afghan-children-killed-in-air-strike-by-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Afghan children killed in air strike by Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

KABUL (SW) – The UN children agency UNICEF has confirmed the deadly air strike by <\/span>Pakistan<\/span> killing scores of civilians, including children in <\/span>Afghanistan<\/span><\/strong> without naming the aggressor.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mohamed Ag Ayoya, <\/span>UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, confirmed in a series of tweets that a total of 20 children were killed during the airstrikes in the provinces of Khost and Kunar in the early hours of April 16. “In Khost, twelve girls and three boys were killed; in Kunar, three girls and two boys were killed”, he tweeted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He added that these children were killed in their homes as they slept. “We are shocked and saddened by this needless tragedy, and we send our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of all those affected”, he said, adding the UNICEF <\/span>teams are on the ground supporting those affected, including with mobile teams providing health, nutrition and psycho-social services.<\/span><\/div>\n
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“Violence against children, in all forms, must stop. UNICEF strongly urges all parties, under international law, to refrain from harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure, and to do everything in their power to keep children safe at all times”, tweeted the UNICEF head in Afghanistan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Khost security officials also confirmed the Pakistani military\u2019s attack on four villages in the province, Mandar, Amir Sapar, Pasi Mila and Shakuni. Khost police spokesman Mostaghfar Gerbaz told Salam Watandar that the attack also resulted in casualties, but that the exact number was not yet clear.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Najibullah Hanif, Kunar\u2019s director of information and culture, told Salam Watandar that the Pakistani military had been carrying out artillery attacks in the Sheltan, Marwara and Nari districts of the province for the past three days.<\/p>\n

He added that last night Pakistani military attacks on the Sheltan district of the province targeted residential areas and as a result five people, including women and children, were killed and another was wounded in the shelling.<\/p>\n

The head of information and culture of Kunar says that the officials of the local administration of this province have shared this issue with the central officials of the Islamic Emirate and are trying to solve it.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that Pakistan has been launching rocket attacks on Afghanistan\u2019s border areas for years, especially in a number of Kunar districts, which have often resulted in casualties and financial losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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