Pakistan rejects 'frivolous and fake' reports of strikes, deaths in Afghanistan's Kunar province

On Monday, the information ministry denied reports by Afghan media outlets alleging Pakistan’s army was responsible for conducting any missile or air strikes in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, branding the reports as "baseless and frivolous."

"In a recent statement on social media, the ministry shared an image from TOLOnews, an Afghan news outlet, which claimed that 'Pakistani military conducted missile/jet attacks on Kunar province on April 27, targeting Sayyed Jamaluddin Afghan University and residential areas, killing three people and injuring 45 (mostly women and children), as per Najibullah Hanif.'"

"The report is a blatant lie and an attempt to seek sympathy to hide the complicity of the Afghan Taliban in helping Fitna al Khwarij," the ministry said, referring to terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

"The report is a blatant lie and an attempt to seek sympathy to hide the complicity of the Afghan Taliban in helping Fitna al Khwarij," the ministry said, referring to terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

"Targeting in Pakistan's strikes is precise and based on intelligence. No attack has been carried out on Sayyed Jamaluddin Afghan University," the statement read.