Pakistani airstrikes: 5 missing in Nangarhar

KABUL (Pajhwok): Five people remain missing following Saturday night’s airstrikes by the Pakistani military in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar, while two children were injured in Khogyani district and another child was shot and wounded in Momandara.

The airstrikes targeted a religious seminary in southeastern Paktika province and a residential house in eastern Nangarhar.

On Sunday, burial ceremonies were held in the Gardi Kach area of Behsud district for 13 martyrs, while five others are still unaccounted for.

According to a statement from the Nangarhar police, “The bodies of the remaining five individuals are still missing, and the soil at the site where the bodies were lost has been completely removed and transported elsewhere.”

The statement added that eight other civilians were injured in the attacks.

“Among the injured, five are from Behsud district, two from Khogyani district, and one child from Momandara district, who was shot while tending livestock,” the police said, emphasizing that all victims, including women and children, were civilians.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Mansoor Ahmad Hamza, says that eight students were killed and one other was injured in the airstrikes carried out two nights ago by Pakistan’s military regime in Nangarhar and Paktika. According to his information, seven of the students — including three girls — were killed in Nangarhar, and one madrasa student was injured in Barmal district of Paktika.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), while stating that Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan two nights ago caused civilian casualties, has called on both sides to permanently end the fighting in order to protect civilians and prevent further loss of life. It also urged the parties to adhere to the essential principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution in accordance with international law.

Pakistan’s military regime carried out airstrikes two nights ago on a madrasa in Paktika and on residential areas in Nangarhar. According to reports, as a result of these attacks, 13 civilians from one family — including women and children — were killed in Nangarhar, and five others are still missing. Reports also indicate that nine other civilians were injured in the attacks.

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