Kabul, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Afghan minister says 'we do not want war' after Kabul bombing

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2026-03-18

Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani indicated on Wednesday that Afghanistan preferred diplomacy to resolve a conflict with neighbouring Pakistan that saw hundreds killed in a strike on Kabul this week. "We do not want war," he told mourners at a mass burial of some of the victims of Monday night's strike on a drug rehabilitation centre. "But the situation has come to this, so we are trying to solve the problems through diplomacy." qb-wk/phz/mjw ...

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