Afghan students recount harrowing university strike
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“a missile hit their university”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that mortars and missiles from Pakistan struck Jamaluddin Afghani University in Kunar province.
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— Pakistan officials dismiss Afghan media reports and official statements about strikes on university in Kunar province as 'blatant lie' Mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan on Monday struck ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/afghanistan-pa…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/afghanistan-pa…
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— Pakistani missiles and mortars hit several civilian homes in Kunar province and Jamaluddin Afghani University in the provincial capital, Asadabad.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pakistan-strikes-afg…
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/pakistan-strikes-afg…
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— Islamabad, Pakistan - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities say Pakistani mortars and missiles struck a university and residential neighbourhoods in the eastern province of Kunar on Monday ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/war-crime-afghan-pa…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/war-crime-afghan-pa…
“Officials blame Pakistan for Monday’s attack on Kunar Province”
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Multiple sources report that Afghan/Taliban officials attributed the Monday attacks in Kunar province to Pakistan, while Pakistani sources acknowledge the accusations even as they deny them.
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— The Afghanistan–Pakistan border barrier refers to the border barrier being built by Pakistan since March 2017 along its border with Afghanistan. The purpose of the barrier is to prevent terrorism, arm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan–Pakistan_border_ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan–Pakistan_border_ba…
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— The October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck South Asia on 26 October 2015, at 13:39 AFT (14:09 PKT; 14:39 IST; 09:09 UTC) with the epicenter 45 km north of Kuran …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2015_Hindu_Kush_earthq…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2015_Hindu_Kush_earthq…
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— The Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University (SJAU, Pashto: د سید جمال الدین افغاني پوهنتون; Dari: پوهنتون سید جمال الدین) or Kunar University is a public university in Asadabad, which is the capital of Ku…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayed_Jamaluddin_Afghani_Unive…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayed_Jamaluddin_Afghani_Unive…
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“attack on Kunar Province which killed at least seven people”
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Multiple sources report casualties from the attack; specifically, one source mentions 'seven' dead, while another mentions 'three' dead, but the fact of an attack causing multiple deaths is corroborated across reports.
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— In response to the attacks, the United States launched the global war on terror, seeking to eliminate hostile groups deemed terrorist organizations, and the governments purported to support them. This…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
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— attack, assail, assault, bombard, storm mean to make an onslaught upon. attack implies taking the initiative in a struggle.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attack
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attack
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— What is a basic definition of attack? Attack means to attempt to inflict harm with physical violence, to attempt to inflict harm with words, or to initiate a military offensive against another.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/attack
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/attack
“Pakistan denies responsibility”
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Evidence shows Pakistan officials dismissed the reports as a 'blatant lie' and 'phantom strikes', and another source explicitly states Pakistani authorities denied responsibility.
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— 2014 Kunar Offensive refers to a 2014 armed conflict of the War in Afghanistan, between the Afghan Army and a terrorist group, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. It occurred in the Dangam district of eastern …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kunar_Offensive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Kunar_Offensive
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— In March, Pakistani strikes leveled a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul—built on the site of a former NATO base—killing over 400 people. Despite widespread outrage, Pakistani authorities also denied…
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pakistant-afghanistan-univers…
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pakistant-afghanistan-univers…
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— Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated once again. The Taliban-led government in Kabul has alleged that Pakistani mortar and rocket fire struck civilian areas in Kunar province, incl…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-attacks-afgha…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-attacks-afgha…
“in prior attacks has accused Taliban leaders of harbouring anti-Pakistan fighters”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries and country descriptions for Pakistan, which do not mention specific accusations regarding Taliban leaders harboring anti-Pakistan fighters.
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— Pakistan, [f] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [g] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [d] having the second-largest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
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— 2 days ago · Pakistan is a populous multiethnic country of South Asia. With a predominately Indo-Iranian speaking population, Pakistan has historically and culturally been associated with its neighbor…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan
https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan
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— What makes Pakistan a unique country to travel to? Country Description Pakistan is a parliamentary federal republic in South Asia, with a population of over 170 million people. Pakistan held successfu…
https://www.countryreports.org/country/Pakistan.htm
https://www.countryreports.org/country/Pakistan.htm
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