According to news agency AFP, Kabul police spokesman Khalil Zadran said that four people were killed and 15 injured in the bombing of houses in the capital.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on Twitter that Pakistani attacks hit the southern province of Kandahar as well as East Paktia and Paktika, which border Pakistan.
In a separate post, Zabihullah said Pakistani planes targeted the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Kandahar airport.
Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Taliban!
After months of rising tensions between the two countries and intense cross-border clashes, Pakistan declared open war on neighboring Afghanistan on February 27, accusing the Taliban of harboring terrorists.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said at the time, “Our patience has run out.”
The Taliban government has denied any involvement in or use of Afghan territory for insurgency.
Since declaring “open war”, Pakistan has “targeted Taliban military facilities in Kabul, including ammunition depots, as well as sites in Kandahar, Paktia and other provinces,” Pakistan journalist Umair Jamal said in an analysis for Eurasianet..
“Notably, these attacks included direct attacks on urban centers for the first time,” he said.
However, in the days before these latest attacks, neither side had reported any Pakistani air strikes on Afghanistan.
Ground fighting along the 2,600 kilometers (1,600 mi) border between the two countries was also reduced.
Fighting in Afghanistan is adding to the misery: UN
UN human rights chief Volker Turk last week urged both Pakistan and Afghanistan to immediately end the fighting.
“Civilians on both sides of the border are now forced to flee airstrikes, heavy artillery fire, mortar shelling and crossfire,” the Turks said in a statement issued on March 6.
Turk said that the violence in Afghanistan is also making it difficult for the United Nations to distribute aid.
About 22 million people, almost half of Afghanistan’s population, are in need of humanitarian assistance.
“It’s misery piled on top of misery,” Turk said.
The United Nations said last week that more than 66,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan as a result of the latest fighting.
Edited by: Shawn Sinico
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