{"id":39784,"date":"2026-05-03T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/?p=39784"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:21:16","slug":"pakistan-calls-uk-envoys-remarks-on-kunar-attack-unwarranted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/39784\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Calls UK Envoy\u2019s Remarks on Kunar Attack \u2018Unwarranted\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described remarks by Richard Lindsay, the UK Special Envoy for Afghanistan, regarding the Kunar attack as \u201cunwarranted\u201d and \u201cone-sided,\u201d and has called for a better understanding of Islamabad\u2019s position.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay had expressed concern over the escalation of violence along the Durand Line, including the attack in Kunar, and said that all necessary measures must be taken to protect civilians and prevent further escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi claimed that attacks and \u201cinfiltration attempts from Afghanistan\u201d are continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that since the ceasefire during the Eid period, 52 civilians have been killed in \u201cindiscriminate and unprovoked attacks\u201d by the Taliban and its \u201cproxy terrorist activities\u201d in Pakistan, while 84 others have been injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrabi said Pakistan has responded to Taliban movements and has \u201cprecisely targeted\u201d the group\u2019s positions as well as what he called \u201cterrorism-support infrastructure.\u201d He added that Pakistani forces have also foiled several infiltration attempts from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNAMA has reported that in the April 27 attack in Kunar province, which the Taliban says was carried out by Pakistan, dozens of people were killed and injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrabi reiterated that \u201cAfghanistan\u2019s claims regarding civilian casualties from Pakistan\u2019s responses are not supported by credible evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cWe call for a better understanding of regional dynamics, Pakistan\u2019s principled stance, and the unparalleled sacrifices of the people of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the first time Pakistan has denied responsibility for strikes on civilian infrastructure in Afghanistan. Previously, the Pakistani military targeted a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, which, according to humanitarian organizations and Taliban reports, resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described remarks by Richard Lindsay, the UK Special Envoy for Afghanistan, regarding the Kunar attack as \u201cunwarranted\u201d and \u201cone-sided,\u201d and has called for a better understanding of Islamabad\u2019s position. Lindsay had expressed concern over the escalation of violence along the Durand Line, including the attack in Kunar, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":39785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[8101,8656,8945,7612,7785,8944,8946,2335,5719,5706],"class_list":["post-39784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-casualties-2","tag-civilian","tag-envoy","tag-uk-2","tag-unama-2","tag-unwarranted","tag-violence-2","tag-deeyar","tag-deeyar-television","tag-deeyar-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39786,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39784\/revisions\/39786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeyartelevision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}