Kabul [Afghanistan], March 19 (ANI): Officers from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), together with nationwide workforce gamers, visited hospitals in Kabul to test on these injured because of the Pakistani strike at a hospital. The gamers supplied assist and prayers for restoration.
Afghanistan’s ODI and Take a look at captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, accompanied by teammates Gulbadin Naib and Qais Ahmad, visited Wazir Akbar Khan and Kabul Emergency hospitals, the place they met survivors and expressed solidarity with victims and their households.
The go to got here amid rising outrage amongst Afghanistan’s cricketing group following stories of heavy civilian casualties brought on by airstrikes in Kabul. A number of gamers publicly condemned the violence and referred to as for accountability.
Over 400 folks have been reported killed within the lethal airstrike carried out by Pakistan on an habit therapy hospital in Kabul, whereas on the identical time, the Pakistani army has fired 124 rockets into the districts of Kunar province over the previous 24 hours, as reported by Tolo Information.
The United Nations has referred to as for an investigation and accountability into the horrific airstrike.
In keeping with Tolo Information, officers from the Kunar Directorate of Data and Tradition mentioned that Pakistan carried out scattered rocket assaults throughout a number of areas of the province; nonetheless, no casualties have been reported.
Zia-ul-Rahman Spin Ghar, Head of Data on the Directorate, mentioned: ‘The Pakistani army regime has as soon as once more launched 124 rocket assaults on districts close to the hypothetical Durand Line in Kunar. Happily, nobody was harmed in these assaults. Nevertheless, in consequence, lots of our fellow residents have been compelled to go away their properties.’
Citing Kunar’s Division of Refugees and Repatriation, Tolo Information reported that just about 7,500 households from districts close to the Durand Line have been displaced as a consequence of these rocket assaults and have moved to safer areas
Earlier on Tuesday, a number of Afghanistan cricketers spoke out towards the civilian casualties reported in Kabul following airstrikes by Pakistan, expressing grief and calling for justice. Pakistan carried out heavy bombardment focusing on Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, with Taliban officers and residents reporting a number of explosions throughout town, Khaama Press reported.
In keeping with Khaama Press, the most recent bombardment highlights quickly deteriorating relations between Pakistan and the Taliban administration as either side proceed to commerce accusations over safety points.
Rashid Khan took to X to precise his outrage, saying he was ‘deeply saddened by the most recent stories of civilian casualties in Kabul’. The all-rounder added that focusing on civilian properties, academic services, or medical infrastructure, whether or not intentional or unintended, quantities to a conflict crime.
Rashid Khan wrote, ‘I’m deeply saddened by the most recent stories of civilian casualties because of Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul. Concentrating on civilian properties, academic services or medical infrastructure, both intentional or by mistake, is a conflict crime. The sheer disregard for human lives, particularly through the holy month of Ramadan, is sickening and deeply regarding. It’s going to solely gasoline division and hatred. I name upon the UN and different human rights companies to totally examine this newest atrocity and maintain the perpetrators to account. I stand with my Afghan folks on this troublesome time. We will heal, and we are going to rise as a nation. We at all times do. Inshallah!’ (ANI)
