‘War crime’: Afghan-Pakistan truce under strain after university strike
Civilian casualties in Kunar spur tensions as Pakistan denies role, casting shadow over ceasefire and peace talks.

Civilian casualties in Kunar spur tensions as Pakistan denies role, casting shadow over ceasefire and peace talks.









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Afghans are burying the victims from a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul.
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![Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, center, briefs journalists during a government's organized trip for media to Bella Noor Shah, a mountainous village near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, Monday, May 5, 2025. [Muhammad Yousuf via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AP25125365570509_cropped-1773791629.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
Pakistan’s Minister for Information “strongly” rejects the claim Pakistan was behind an air strike on a Kabul hospital.