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Pakistani Pashtuns take refuge in Afghanistan after Pak forces bombard Waziristan
Even as Nawaz Sharf continues to face embarrassment over human rights violations in Balochistan, thousands of Pakistani Pashtuns accused Pakistani Army and Air Force of attacking them.
New Delhi: Even as Nawaz Sharf continues to face embarrassment over human rights violations in Balochistan, thousands of Pakistani Pashtuns accused Pakistani Army and Air Force of attacking them.
Targeted by the Pakistani military thousands of Pakistani Pashtuns fled to Khost area in Afghanistan.
A Pakistan Pashtun civilain said their area was bombarded without issuing any warning.
Exposing Pakistan, another Pakistani Pashtun said, on the pretext of being after Taliban, the Pakistan Army destroyed everything that came their way.
The civilians of Waziristan area, who have sought refugee in Afghanistan, said they had never sided with the terrorists.
“Everyone know where the so-called terrorists are hiding and operating. They are hiding in Islamabad and Karachi,” a Pakistani Pashtun said.
“Pakistan is looking for one or the other excuse to destroy us. This fight has been forced on us for the past 40 years,” a Pak Pashtun in Khost said.
The Pashtun are Pakistan’s third largest ethnic group which has suffered the most from the Pakistani Taliban’s seven-year onslaught against government forces and civilians.