{"id":16009,"date":"2026-03-21T23:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=16009"},"modified":"2026-03-21T23:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T19:28:22","slug":"strong-reactions-from-afghan-political-figures-to-pakistans-airstrike-in-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/strong-reactions-from-afghan-political-figures-to-pakistans-airstrike-in-kabul\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Reactions from Afghan Political Figures to Pakistan\u2019s Airstrike in Kabul."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16024\" src=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/awakonesshhhse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/awakonesshhhse.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/awakonesshhhse-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/awakonesshhhse-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/awakonesshhhse-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/awakonesshhhse-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Strong Reactions from Afghan Political Figures to Pakistan\u2019s Airstrike in Kabul.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Pakistan\u2019s airstrike in Kabul, which the Taliban claim targeted a drug treatment center and resulted in \u201chundreds\u201d of deaths, has drawn widespread reactions from Afghan political figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, a prominent jihadi leader, described the bombing as \u201chostility toward the Afghan nation and humanity,\u201d telling the Taliban that \u201cif you had wisdom and maintained unity with your people, no one would have dared to disrespect this land.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Meanwhile, former Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta called the attack an \u201cact of aggression,\u201d emphasizing that submission to it would constitute betrayal of the country, while resisting Pakistan does not imply alignment with the Taliban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Abdullah Abdullah, former Chief Executive, also described the airstrike on a drug treatment center as \u201cinhumane\u201d and a violation of international law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Former Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal characterized it as \u201cbrutal and indiscriminate,\u201d warning of profound consequences for regional insecurity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Shaharzad Akbar, former head of the Independent Human Rights Commission, described deliberate attacks on civilians as a \u201ccrime\u201d and called for proper documentation and thorough investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Former intelligence chief Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai stressed that repeated Pakistani attacks threaten Afghanistan\u2019s security and the daily lives of its people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>In addition, Hanif Atmar, Sami Sadat, Rahmatullah Nabil, Hamid Karzai, Fazl Mahmood Fazli, Fawzia Koofi, and several other political figures have issued strong condemnations of the attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong Reactions from Afghan Political Figures to Pakistan\u2019s Airstrike in Kabul. Pakistan\u2019s airstrike in Kabul, which the Taliban claim targeted a drug treatment center and resulted in \u201chundreds\u201d of deaths, has drawn widespread reactions from Afghan political figures. Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, a prominent jihadi leader, described the bombing as \u201chostility toward the Afghan nation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16028,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16009\/revisions\/16028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}