India condemns Pakistan airstrikes on Afghan territory

📌 Summary:

• India strongly condemned Pakistan's airstrikes on Afghan territory, calling the aggression "an assault on Afghanistan's sovereignty and a direct threat to regional peace and stability"
• Overnight strikes in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar provinces killed civilians including women and children — Afghan officials reported at least 36 killed and 160+ wounded; UNAMA independently confirmed at least 28 killed and 49 wounded
• Pakistan said the operations responded to militant attacks across Pakistan; Afghanistan called them a "cowardly act of aggression"; both countries summoned each other's top diplomats
• India also rejected Pakistan's allegations linking it to the Karachi incident (four soldiers killed); MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal urged Pakistan to take credible action against terror infrastructure rather than externalise its internal failures

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS2 IR — India's neighbourhood policy, Afghanistan, cross-border terrorism, regional security

📝 Prelims Facts:

• Afghan provinces struck: Paktia, Paktika, Kunar
• UNAMA = UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
• MEA spokesperson: Randhir Jaiswal

🔑 Key Term: UNAMA — the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the UN's political mission established to support peace and stability in the country.