Pakistani Drone and Jet Attacks Kill at Least Seven in Afghan Province of Kunar
Among 75 injured are university students and a professor; attacks follow deadly Kabul strike that killed 269
Quick Look
- Pakistani jet and drone attacks on Afghanistan's Kunar province have killed at least seven people and injured 75, including students and a professor at Kunar University.
- Thirty of the injured are university students.
- The attacks follow a Pakistani strike on a Kabul drug rehabilitation centre that killed 269 people according to the UN.
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Why It Matters
Pakistan and Afghanistan have experienced months of cross-border fighting, with hundreds killed or injured. China mediated talks in Urumqi in early April that resulted in a fragile ceasefire, which now appears to have broken.
Pakistani jet and drone attacks on the east Afghan province of Kunar have killed at least seven people and injured 75, among whom are students and a professor at Kunar University, multiple sources have told the BBC. According to the Taliban government, 30 of the injured are university students. Reports of the Kunar attacks come several weeks after a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital Kabul which, according to the UN, is now known to have killed 269 people. A professor who was teaching at Kunar University told the BBC he had heard terrifying explosions across the university campus. Hundreds of people have been killed or injured in cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent months. Over the past few weeks, following Chinese mediation which resulted in talks between the two sides in Urumqi in early April, a fragile ceasefire had largely held.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
China may attempt to mediate again to restore ceasefire
Likely · Within weeks
Further cross-border attacks may occur if diplomatic efforts fail
Possible · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What specific targets was Pakistan aiming for in Kunar?
- Were the attacks targeting specific individuals or groups?
- Will China intervene again to restore the ceasefire?
