Kabul, Dec 25 (Reporter) Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned Pakistan’s deadly attack on civilian areas in the Barmal district of Paktika province, terming it as a “blatant aggression”. In a post on X on Wednesday, Karzai described the Pakistani airstrikes as a clear violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty and an outright aggression. Karzai attributed the ongoing tensions between Kabul and Islamabad to Pakistan’s “flawed policies” of fostering extremism in the region and persistently undermining Afghanistan’s stability. On Tuesday night, Pakistani fighter jets carried out airstrikes on camps of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province, killing at least 46 people, including women and children, while several others were injured. Afghanistan has lodged a protest against the airstrikes. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan confirmed the bombings on villages in Paktika late Tuesday and strongly condemned the attacks. The ministry accused Pakistan of targeting villages inhabited by “Waziristani refugees.” Local sources from Paktika reported that several villages in the Barmal district were destroyed in the deadly airstrikes on Tuesday. The death toll from Pakistan’s airstrikes has risen to 46, with most victims reported to be women and children. Initial reports had cited 15 casualties. Zalmai Khalilzad, the former U.S. envoy for Afghanistan, also commented on the strikes, stating that the Taliban are likely to respond to this aggression, Khaama reported...////...