{"id":536966,"date":"2026-03-17T04:20:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=536966"},"modified":"2026-03-17T04:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:20:53","slug":"minister-says-afghan-taliban-trying-to-hide-bajaur-civilian-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/minister-says-afghan-taliban-trying-to-hide-bajaur-civilian-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister says Afghan Taliban trying to \u2018hide\u2019 Bajaur civilian strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nInformation Minister Ataullah Tarar on Sunday said the Afghan Taliban government was deliberately targeting civilians in Pakistan\u2019s Bajaur district, saying the claim that Pakistan carried out indiscriminate strikes in Afghanistan was an attempt to hide its own horrific actions. Responding to a statement by the Afghan Taliban government\u2019s deputy spokesperson, Tarar said Kabul had \u201cknowingly targeted a civilian population\u201d in Bajaur.<br \/>\nAccording to the Ministry of Information, four innocent civilians were martyred, and a five-year-old child was seriously injured in the attack. The minister said Pakistan\u2019s armed forces only conduct operations against terrorist hideouts inside Afghanistan and do not target civilian areas.<br \/>\nHe also rejected claims circulating on Taliban-linked platforms, saying Pakistan does not rely on AI-generated images or videos.<br \/>\nTarar added that \u201cfalse narratives\u201d promoted through official Taliban channels were exposing the Afghan government domestically and internationally. Four civilians, all brothers, were martyred and a child injured after artillery and mortar fire from Afghan Taliban regime struck a house in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday.<br \/>\n\u201cToday at around 1530 hours, the Afghan Taliban regime deliberately targeted civilian population through artillery and mortar fire from across the border in Tabesta Letai, Salarzai area of Bajaur,\u201d he wrote in a post on X.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Information Minister Ataullah Tarar on Sunday said the Afghan Taliban government was deliberately targeting civilians in Pakistan\u2019s Bajaur district, saying the claim that Pakistan carried out indiscriminate strikes in Afghanistan was an attempt to hide its own horrific actions. 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