United Nations: India has denounced Pakistan’s strikes in Afghanistan at a United Nations Security Council session, calling the attacks — which killed women, children, and even local cricketers — a grave breach of international law and a threat to regional stability.
Fresh clashes between Taliban and Pakistani forces erupted earlier this week, less than two months after both sides agreed to a ceasefire to halt weeks of fighting along the volatile border. Both sides accused the other of breaking the fragile truce.
Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said New Delhi is “gravely concerned” by Pakistan’s “trade and transit terrorism,” referring to Islamabad’s repeated closure of border access for landlocked Afghanistan.
“The cynical closure of access for a landlocked country whose people are suffering numerous debilitating conditions since many years are in violation of WTO norms,” Harish said. “Such open threats and acts of war against a fragile and vulnerable LLDC nation, trying to rebuild in difficult circumstances, constitute a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international law,” he said.
“While we condemn such acts, we also strongly support the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Afghanistan,” he added.
The border conflict erupted in early October after a Pakistani airstrike on Kabul, prompting Afghanistan to retaliate. The clashes were the worst since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
