Seven Martyred in Pakistan Military Regime Strikes on Kunar

Although a ceasefire had been reached between the Pakistan military regime and the forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan through efforts by tribes on both sides of the hypothetical Durand Line in Nari of Kunar and Kamdesh and Barg-e-Matal districts of eastern Nuristan, the Pakistan military regime on Monday once again carried out drone and missile strikes on various areas in Asadabad, the provincial center of Kunar, and several districts.

Local officials say that as a result of these attacks, seven people have been martyred and 85 others injured, all of them civilians.

A resident of Kunar said: “My mother, wife and three sons have been injured, and one of my daughters has been martyred. My sister herself is also injured and her two daughters are also wounded.”

Another Kunar resident said: “It was a six-month-old baby whose head and eyes were hit by shrapnel. I took her to the hospital, but her condition was critical and she was transferred to Nangarhar.”

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has condemned the attacks, calling them an “unforgivable war crime.”

Deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, Hamdullah Fitrat, said: “We strongly condemn these attacks by the Pakistan military regime, which have targeted civilians and educational institutions, and we consider them an unforgivable war crime, brutality and a provocative act.”

This comes as the Pakistan military regime has for more than two months been firing indiscriminate shells on remote districts of Kunar along the hypothetical Durand Line, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of dozens of civilians and the destruction of hundreds of residential homes, either fully or partially.