The United Nations rights chief said Friday that 56 Afghan civilians had been killed -- nearly half of them children -- since hostilities with neighboring Pakistan intensified last week. The neighbors have clashed along the frontier since February 26, when Afghanistan launched a border offensive in retaliation for Pakistani air strikes. Turk said that since the intensification of hostilities, “56 civilians, including 24 children and six women, have been killed.”“A further 129 people, including 41 children and 31 women, have been injured,” he said. And since the start of the year, the numbers are even higher, with 69 civilians killed in Afghanistan and 141 injured, he said. Pakistan insists it has not killed any civilians in the conflict.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 06, 2026 09:49 UTC