KABUL: The Afghan government on Monday accused Pakistan of killing civilians in fresh airstrikes on Kabul, but Islamabad said it had conducted precision strikes on military and “terrorist” targets.
Loud explosions rocked the Afghan capital at 9:00 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), with plumes of smoke visible from the Shahr-e-Naw and Wazir Akbar Khan areas of the city.
Anti-aircraft defenses swung into action and panicked locals, many of them out and about after breaking their daily Ramadan fast, ran for cover, AFP reporters said.
In one building, a panicked mother ran outside, calling for her son to come back in as the explosion rocked the neighborhood. Other locals scurried to take cover in basements.
Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X that the Pakistani military had “once again violated Afghan territory,” calling the strikes “a crime” and an “act of inhumanity.”
