As per Pakistani media reports drone has hit a mosque in “Bannu” near the border, injuring at least five people.
Global calls for conciliation are growing as Pakistan and Afghanistan engage in cross-border fighting in the most serious erupt in violence between the neighbours. Iran, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Russia, as well as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, also urged de-escalation and mediation.
Taliban rulers have said they are open to negotiation to bring an end to the conflict. But Pakistan refuses and said there would be “no dialogue”, repeating its long-running demand that Afghanistan stop harboring “terrorism”.
“There won’t be any talks. There’s no dialogue. There’s no negotiation. Terrorism from Afghanistan has to end,” the Pakistani prime minister’s spokesperson for foreign media, Mosharraf Zaidi, told Pakistan TV, stressing that Pakistan’s responsibility was to protect its citizens and territory.
