Afghan minister says 'we do not want war' after Kabul bombingKABUL, March 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - 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."

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 18, 2026 13:50 UTC