India urged global action after a deadly Kabul strike even as Pakistan denied targeting civilians, deepening a fast-escalating conflict with Afghanistan and raising concerns over regional stability.
For more than three years, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have projected an image of seamless unity: one leader, one command, one vision.
According to Tolo News, the exact number of casualties has not been disclosed, and the cause and nature of the explosion still remain unclear. Security officials have not yet issued a detailed official statement.
The 2,640-km-long Durand Line is more than just a frontier. It is a century-old scar on the map of South Asia - a scar that has bled into three Anglo-Afghan wars, the Cold War, the Taliban’s rise, and today’s great power rivalries. For the Afghan Pashtun, this line is not history.
"This decision underscores India’s resolve to deepen its bilateral engagement with the Afghan side in all spheres of mutual interest," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Tuesday.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Thursday said that a
Last month, President Biden annoyed Pakistanis when he described their country as "one of the most dangerous nations in the world" that possessed nuclear weapons without any 'cohesion'.
Access to education for girls, protection of women’s rights, and an ethnically inclusive government are nowhere in sight in Afghanistan.
On Wednesday, the Taliban government did not reply to multiple requests to confirm the number of casualties.
It conveyed that despite having abandoned Kabul, it will continue to monitor developments, especially re-emergence of terrorist groups, partnering Pakistan.
