Ceasefire crumbles as brutal airstrike kills four, injures at least 70 PHOTO/VIDEO

In a statement, the ministry said that around 30 university lecturers and students were injured in the attack, and that university buildings and surrounding areas sustained significant damage.

Earlier, local sources said that Pakistan targeted the Faculty of Education at Kunar University in an airstrike. Images and videos shared on social media also show parts of the university damaged in the attack.

Pakistan also targeted areas in the city of Asadabad, the center of Kunar Province, as well as the districts of Sarkano, Dangam, and Manogai. Local Taliban officials said that at least four people were killed and 70 others, including 30 students, were injured in these attacks.

The strikes have drawn reactions from Afghan political figures. Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, condemned the recent Pakistani attacks on targets in the country, including Kunar University, saying he believes these attacks are “part of Pakistan’s policy to destroy the foundations of education and development in Afghanistan.”

Pakistan denied the allegations of the attack as “baseless and false.”

Conflict began in late February

The latest incident is part of a broader escalation along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border that began in late February 2026. Kunar Province, which shares a long and mountainous border with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, has been one of the most frequently targeted areas, facing repeated rocket fire, artillery shelling, and airstrikes in recent weeks.

The United Nations previously confirmed 289 civilian casualties in Afghanistan from Pakistani attacks between late February and mid-March, including 76 killed and 213 injured, many of them women and children. Taliban authorities reported significantly higher figures, claiming that by early April, during the peak of the conflict, there were 761 killed and 626 injured. The violence has also contributed to widespread displacement and damage to civilian infrastructure, including schools and healthcare facilities.

The renewed attacks have occurred despite ongoing diplomatic initiatives and local mediation efforts. Tribal elders from Afghanistan’s Sarkano district and Pakistan’s Bajaur district have recently engaged in talks aimed at securing a ceasefire and de-escalating the situation.

Taliban and Pakistani officials have also reached an understanding in talks mediated by China to avoid actions that could escalate tensions, but both sides continue to accuse each other of violating the agreement, and clashes persist in several border areas.