By Aslam
In the early hours of Monday, the 30th of Sunbula, jets from Pakistan’s military regime once again violated Afghanistan’s airspace and carried out blind bombings on residential areas in Nurgal district, Kunar province, and Barmal district, Paktika province. In Nurgal, a residential house was completely destroyed, three members of one family were martyred in the strike, and four others were wounded. Among the victims were two children and two women. In Barmal district, a shop and an empty house were destroyed. Zabihullah Mujahid, the IEA’s spokesman, called these attacks a “war crime” and “a continuation of crimes against the Afghan people,” and stressed that these attacks “will not go unanswered.”
This attack is a war crime and a crime against humanity. With these blind bombings, Pakistan’s regime hasn’t just trampled Afghanistan’s national sovereignty underfoot, it’s exposed its own savage, cowardly face to the whole world.
How can killing innocent children and women be called “fighting terrorism”? This regime is itself a terrorist, its own hands stained with the blood of Afghanistan’s oppressed people up to the wrists. Under Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, attacks that fail to distinguish between military and civilian targets are explicitly prohibited and count as war crimes. By carrying out these attacks, Pakistan’s regime has proven it holds itself to no law, no ethics, and no human conscience at all.
Political analysts believe that by carrying out these attacks, Pakistan’s regime is trying to divert public attention away from its own internal crises and cover up its security failures at home. This regime, itself struggling with economic, political, and security crises, wants to stir up tension in Afghanistan to distract its own people from their domestic problems. Zabihullah Mujahid has also said plainly that Pakistan’s attacks are carried out “with the aim of diverting public opinion away from security failures inside the country.” But this cowardly strategy doesn’t solve the problem, it only deepens hatred and distrust between the two neighboring countries.
In response to this crime, the IEA’s spokesman has stressed that these attacks “will not go unanswered,” and that Afghanistan reserves the right to defend itself. This is a serious warning to Pakistan’s regime, which needs to understand that Afghanistan is not a testing ground for blind weapons, and the Afghan nation will never bow its head to these acts of aggression. The IEA has proven time and again that it won’t fall short in defending Afghan soil and the honor of the Afghan people, and it will give these acts of aggression a fitting, timely response.
What crime did these innocent victims commit? Their only crime is living next door to Pakistan’s bloodthirsty, brutal regime, a regime that kills children in their sleep, massacres women in their own homes, and holds no respect at all for human life.
This regime isn’t just Afghanistan’s enemy, it’s an enemy of humanity and regional peace. The international community needs to condemn this crime in the strongest terms and demand that Pakistan’s regime stop its airstrikes on civilian areas. Silence in the face of these crimes is a betrayal of humanity and an encouragement to criminals. History bears witness that no bullying power has ever managed to bring the Afghan nation to its knees, and Pakistan’s regime is no exception to this rule.
