The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan after PAF allegedly hit several cities in Afghanistan, as well as bombing a market in the country’s east, accusing its neighbor of violating national airspace.
After remaining tight-lipped about the Friday night attacks, the Afghan Defence Ministry issued a statement later in the day, accusing Pakistan of attacking and violating the airspace of Pakistan. However, it warned Pakistan of grave consequences.
The statement didn’t include information on the alleged targets, casualties, or damage.
“Unprecedented and Reprehensible Act,” Says Kabul
“Once again, Pakistan violated #Afghanistan’s airspace, bombing a civilian market in the Marghi area of #Paktika near the Durand Line and also violating #Kabul’s sovereign territory,” the Afghan defence ministry said in a statement. “This is an unprecedented, violent, and reprehensible act in the history of Afghanistan and Pakistan,” according to the statement.
BREAKING: Afghan Defense Ministry Accuses Pakistan for Airstrikes in Kabul and Paktika, Warns of Consequences
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The statement added, “We condemn this violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty in the strongest terms, and it is our right to defend our sovereignty. If the situation worsens after these measures, the consequences will be attributed to the Pakistani army.”
Reports Point to Strikes on TTP Hideouts
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has hit several locations in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the overnight aerial strikes on Friday night. The strikes are said to be conducted on the TTP hideouts, also eliminating high-profile target Noor Wali Mehsud.
The airstrikes followed a week of intense terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, which claimed the lives of 12 Pakistani soldiers. The social media reports suggest that Pakistan had allegedly targeted the high-profile TTP leader, Chief Noor Wali Mehsud.
The initial reports indicate that the aerial strike hit a moving car in Kabul before 10 p.m. local time on Thursday in the Abdul Haq Square area of Kabul, close to several ministries and the national intelligence agency. Security forces sealed off the site.
The government’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said at the time that there were no reports of injuries or damage. He described the explosion as an accident and said an investigation was underway.
But Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said Friday that Pakistan was responsible for that attack and for another, in the eastern province of Paktika.
The Afghan Defense Ministry didn’t say what the source of the bombing was or how Pakistan was able to carry out a strike in an urban center without being shot down.
Pakistan has, in the past, launched strikes inside Afghan territory to target what it says are militant hideouts and installations.
Pakistani Army spokesman Ahmad Sharif was asked at a news conference Friday if the military had attacked Afghanistan to target leaders of the banned Pakistani Taliban group. Sharif didn’t give a direct answer to the question.
Tensions Escalate Along the Durand Line
The alleged strikes by the PAF come amid deteriorating relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Islamabad has been accusing the interim government of the Taliban in Afghanistan of providing safe havens to TTP. It also accused India of supporting the TTP in launching attacks on the Pakistan security forces in the country’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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The Pakistani Taliban have mostly claimed responsibility for these attacks. The group is separate from but allied with the Afghan Taliban.
Pakistani Taliban leaders and fighters are believed to operate from across the border in Afghanistan, something that the Afghan Taliban deny.
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project monitoring group said that it was unclear who was responsible for the Kabul strike or what the source was. But, if confirmed, it would be the first in the Afghan capital since the U.S. one in 2022 that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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The spokesperson of Pakistan Army, Director General, Inter-Services Public Relations, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, conducted a press conference at the Peshawar Corps Headquarters on Friday, said that it has conducted a series of retribution operations, but it did not comment on whether PIA had conducted strikes on Kabul.
The DGISPR said that India was using Afghan soil as a base of operations against Pakistan, claiming that they have ample evidence of Indian proxies conducting terror attacks from Afghan territory.
“Afghanistan must ensure that its soil is not used by non-state actors. Pakistan has provided concrete evidence of such activities to the Afghan authorities,” he said.
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Afghan Foreign Minister Responds from New Delhi
Afghanistan’s Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is on a week-long visit to India, addressing a press conference in New Delhi, said that Pakistan should be careful of waging a war against Afghanistan, as they should learn from the consequences faced by the USA, NATO, and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. He further added that Afghanistan is hopeful of establishing cordial relations with Pakistan; however, such attacks may jeopardise the relations.
With Additional Inputs from GVS South Asia Desk