Hayatullah Muhajir Farahi Deputy Minister for Publications at the Taliban-run Ministry of Information and Culture said in response to Pakistan’s recent airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Kunar and Paktika provinces that Pakistan is carrying out attacks to prevent the establishment of security and the reconstruction process in Afghanistan.

He stressed that Pakistan’s attacks would not go unanswered.

According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) at least three civilians were killed and four others injured in the airstrikes in Kunar.

