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Taliban accuses Pakistan of war crimes

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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of “unforgivable war crimes” over strikes on the eastern province of Kunar on Monday, which officials said left at least seven dead and over 70 wounded, and heavily damaged a local university.”
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Multiple web search results report that Afghanistan accused Pakistan of 'unforgivable war crimes' following strikes in Kunar. These reports detail the alleged casualties (seven dead, over 70 wounded) and damage to a local university, confirming the core elements of the claim across multiple independent news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Taliban insurgent group and allied militants conducted a military offensive in 2021 that led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Taliban_offensive
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2004, an ongoing insurgency has being fought in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jundallah, Lashkar-e-Islam (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkh…
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“Low-intensity clashes have been continuing on the Afghan-Pakistani border despite the two nations entering a formal truce in late March.”
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Web search results confirm that low-intensity clashes continued on the Afghan-Pakistani border, noting that the situation was strained despite a formal truce entered in late March.
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web search NEUTRAL — A war began in late February 2026 between Pakistan and Afghanistan following Pakistani airstrikes on militant targets in eastern Afghanistan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan–Pakistan_War
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web search NEUTRAL — Low-intensity clashes have been continuing on the Afghan-Pakistani border despite the two nations entering a formal truce in late March.
https://www.rt.com/news/639224-afghanistan-pakistan-war-crim…
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web search NEUTRAL — ‘War crime’: Afghan-Pakistan truce under strain after university strike. 11 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“The hostilities flared up on Monday, when, according to Afghan officials, the Pakistani military shelled multiple civilian sites across Kunar, including Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that Afghan officials claimed Pakistani military shelled civilian sites, including Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University, in Kunar on Monday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hamid Karzai (born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the seventh president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014, including as the first president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kunar (Pashto: کونړ; Dari: کنر) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad also known as Chaghasray or Chaghan Saray (چغسري يا …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunar_Province
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Asadabad (Pashto; Dari: اسعد‌آباد), historically called Chighansarai (Pashto; Dari: چغسرای), is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Kunar Province. It is within the jurisdiction o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asadabad,_Afghanistan
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“Some 30 students and professors were wounded in the attack, and the institution itself sustained extensive damage.”
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Web search results corroborate the claim that the attack wounded a significant number of students and professors, and that the institution sustained extensive damage, aligning with the details provided by the Taliban government.
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“Seven people were killed and around 40 wounded across the provinces in repeated artillery and missile attacks, the authorities said.”
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Multiple web search results report casualty figures of seven deaths and around 40-70 wounded across the provinces due to repeated artillery and missile attacks, confirming the general scale of the reported violence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Authority is commonly understood as the legitimate power of a person or group over other people. In a civil state, authority may be practiced by legislative, executive, and judicial branches of govern…
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“The attacks constituted “unforgivable war crimes,” according to Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson of the Taliban, which took over Afghanistan in 2021.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson of the Taliban, stated that the attacks constituted 'unforgivable war crimes'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The attacks constituted “unforgivable war crimes,” according to Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson of the Taliban, which took over Afghanistan in 2021.
https://www.rt.com/news/639224-afghanistan-pakistan-war-crim…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fitrat called the attacks “unforgivable war crimes” against civilians and academic institutions. Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting rejected the account, describing reports that Pakis…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/war-crime-afghan-pa…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Taliban officials, the strikes targeted homes as well as the Syed Jamaluddin Afghani University in Kunar province’s Asadabad. The Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, Hamdullah Fitrat, said aro…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-attacks-afgha…
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“Kabul’s account has been disputed by Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, stating that the allegations of striking the university were a “blatant lie.””
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Multiple web search results confirm that Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting disputed Afghanistan's account, specifically calling the allegations of striking the university a 'blatant lie'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war began in late February 2026 between Pakistan and Afghanistan following Pakistani airstrikes on militant targets in eastern Afghanistan. Pakistan said the strikes targeted militant camps belongin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan–Pakistan_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Government of Pakistan (constitutionally known as the Federal Government and commonly the Centre) is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (abbreviated as MoFA; Urdu: وزارتِ خارجہ, romanized: Wazārat-ē-Xārjā) is a ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked in managing Pakistan's diplomatic and consular …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(P…
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“The ministry did not explicitly deny other strikes carried out across Kunar, stating only that Pakistan’s targeting is “precise and intelligence based.””
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Multiple web search results confirm that Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting stated that its targeting is 'precise and intelligence based,' without explicitly denying other strikes in Kunar, focusing instead on defending the nature of the strikes.
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web search NEUTRAL — day, Pakistan's Information Minister said that Pakistan's military operations inside Afghanistan were aimed at militant hideouts and did not target civilian areas. He said the strikes were based on pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan–Pakistan_War
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web search NEUTRAL — Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting rejected the account, describing reports that Pakistani forces had struck the university as a “blatant lie”.Pakistan insisted that its target was no…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/war-crime-afghan-pa…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ministry did not explicitly deny other strikes carried out across Kunar, stating only that Pakistan’s targeting is “precise and intelligence based.”
https://www.rt.com/news/639224-afghanistan-pakistan-war-crim…
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“Pakistan and Afghanistan had engaged in fighting for weeks after Islamabad declared an “open war” on the Taliban in February.”
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No evidence was gathered from the provided search results or Wikipedia entries to confirm that Pakistan and Afghanistan engaged in fighting for weeks after Islamabad declared an 'open war' on the Taliban in February.
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“Pakistan attacked military and other sites deep inside the country, including the capital city of Kabul, while the Afghan authorities have repeatedly accused it of carrying out indiscriminate strikes on civilians.”
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No evidence was gathered from the provided search results or Wikipedia entries to confirm that Pakistan attacked sites deep inside Afghanistan, including Kabul, or that Afghan authorities repeatedly accused Pakistan of indiscriminate civilian strikes in this context.
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“Islamabad has long accused Afghanistan’s Taliban government of sheltering assorted militant groups that routinely conduct cross-border raids and terrorist attacks in the country.”
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“Kabul, however, has consistently denied such allegations.”
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