Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of breaking truce after deadly cross-border strikes • FRANCE 24

After Friday prayers in Karachi, residents who’ve caught wind of more violence wonder whether the ceasefire will hold. Recently, recent events have certainly affected this region. They’ve created an atmosphere of fear. Eyewitness footage showed smoke rising from a military camp near the border with Afghanistan. Pakistan said seven of its paramilitary troops were killed there on Friday when militants charged the base with a truck rigged with explosives. According to media reports, retaliatory air strikes on the Afghan border region of Paktika killed a number of civilians including members of a cricket team. Islamabad said they targeted the group that carried out the truck attack, the Pakistani Taliban. Our targeted and precise defensive response was not targeted towards the Afan civilian population. Unlike Taliban forces, we exercise extreme caution in our defensive responses to avoid loss of civilian lives. The leader of the Pakistani Taliban is Norwi Masud who appeared on camera to deny reports of his death. because they failed in the fight. There are now accusing Afghanistan of using its soil against them. A truce on Wednesday brought calm after days of deadly skirmishes on the border. On Friday, Reuters reported that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to extend the ceasefire for the duration of negotiations taking place in Qatar. Militant violence in Pakistan has strained relations with the Afghan Taliban, which returned to power four years ago.

Pakistan’s military carried out strikes in southeastern Afghanistan on Friday just hours after a two-day ceasefire between the neighboring countries expired, an Afghan police official said. The bombings struck southeastern Paktika province and two other areas close to the Pakistan border, and included a strike on a civilian house in Khanadar village that resulted in casualties, police spokesman Mohammadullah Amini Mawia said. He gave no further details, including how the strikes were delivered. There was no immediate comment from Pakistan about the Afghan claim. Story by Peter O’Brien.
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34 comments

  16. Afghan Talibans don't understand the language of peace. Pakistan should carry on with sending love towards Taliban, take back Wakhan Stripe land and capture back Kandahar which was a part of Pakistan. These Afghanis have always provided safe heavens in Afghanistan who have been attacking Pakistani people and have been blowing bridges and roads. Pakistan has got the blessings of Mr Donald trump and should never believe talks and neutralise all those who are planning atrocities against Pakistan.

  18. Pakistan has destroyed economy & generations after generations in search of strategic depth inside Afghanistan but after all these years they are still like chapati/roti.

  28. I think Pakistan should practice themselves before asking Afghanistan the same.

    What face does Pakistan have when it harbors trains terrorists themselves that kill in neighboring country!!! Pakistan are getting a taste of their of their own medicine!

  31. Afghanistan is Lawless land. Ungrateful Afgans. Using Pakistani passports to leave the country. That'sit. No more import and export with Afghanista 3.5 million refugees can pack thair bags and go India.

  34. Two murderous barbaric dictators – yazeed pakistan army vs. firaun taliban – fighting each other. Hope and pray the poor enslaved pakistani and afghan public someday free themselves and experience dignity. Aameen  🤲

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