Afghanistan has blamed Pakistan for the bombing in its eastern border region of Paktia, but Pakistan has not officially said anything about it.
In response to the alleged bombing, the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan, in a brief statement released late at night, directly blamed the Pakistan Army for the bombing on the outskirts of Burmal district of Paktia province on Tuesday evening.
According to the statement: In this bombing, common people, mostly refugees from Waziristan, have been targeted. Civilians including children were killed in the bombardment while many were injured.
According to the American news agency AP, as a result of this attack, a training center was destroyed and some militants were killed. It is not clear whether the attacks were carried out by aircraft or by other means.
A Pakistan Army spokesperson was not immediately available for comment. But it was the second attack on alleged Pakistani Taliban hideouts since March this year, when Pakistan said the attacks were based on intelligence in border areas inside Afghanistan.
AP quoted local residents as saying that at least eight people, including women and children, have died in these attacks. He said that the number of those killed in these attacks may increase.
This section contains related reference points (Related Nodes field).
The Afghan statement said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan considers this barbaric act to be against international norms and laws and condemns it in the strongest terms. Pakistan should understand that such arbitrary actions are not the solution to the problems.
The Ministry of Defense threatened Pakistan, saying that its government will not let this ‘heinous act’ go unanswered and that Afghanistan reserves the right to defend its borders and sovereignty.
According to the security sources in Pakistan, it is being said that three to four extremist suicide centers and terrorist hideouts have been targeted in the Paktia border area – a large number of suicide bombers and terrorists who attacked Pakistan in these centers have been targeted. The kidneys were being trained.
These alleged centers were run by four notorious ringleaders, including Sher Zaman alias Mukhlis Yar, Akhtar Muhammad alias Khalil, Izhar alias Hamza and Shoaib Ahmed.
The attacks came hours after Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq visited Kabul, where he discussed various issues including increasing bilateral trade and improving relations.
During the visit, Sadiq met Afghanistan’s Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani and expressed his condolences over the killing of his uncle Khalil Haqqani on December 11. He was the Minister of Refugees and Repatriation who was killed in a suicide bombing claimed by a regional group affiliated with ISIS.
Muhammad Sadiq said in a post on X that he also met and discussed with Foreign Minister Aamir Khan Muttaqi. ‘Agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation and work together for peace and development in the region.’
Islamabad often claims that the Pakistani Taliban use Afghan soil to launch attacks in the country, a charge Kabul has denied.
Syed Muhammad Ali, a security expert in Islamabad, told the AP that Tuesday’s attacks were “a clear and unequivocal warning to the Pakistani Taliban that Pakistan will use all available means against the terrorist organization inside and outside its borders.” .’
He, however, said that this was not an indiscriminate use of force and due care was taken by Pakistan to ensure that only terrorist hideouts were targeted and there was no loss of civilian life or property.
