{"id":9158,"date":"2026-03-20T11:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/20\/pashtun-tahafuz-movement-condemns-pakistani-airstrikes-durand-line-civilian-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:05:30","slug":"pashtun-tahafuz-movement-condemns-pakistani-airstrikes-durand-line-civilian-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/20\/pashtun-tahafuz-movement-condemns-pakistani-airstrikes-durand-line-civilian-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Pashtun Tahafuz Movement Condemns Pakistani Airstrikes, Calls for Action on Civilian Rights Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, strongly condemned the Pakistani military&#8217;s airstrikes on both sides of the Durand Line in an audio message on Friday marking Eid al-Fitr, stating that these attacks have caused suffering and grief among the people.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the month of Ramadan, he said that while Muslims believe &#8220;devils are chained during this month,&#8221; the Pakistani military rulers have continued their attacks. Pashteen claimed that this Ramadan was spent in fear and mourning for the residents on both sides of the Durand Line.<\/p>\n<p>The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement leader accused the Pakistani military of conducting airstrikes across various parts on both sides of the Durand Line during Ramadan. The Durand Line is a border which Afghanistan does not recognize and has long been a source of tension between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>He further announced that members of the movement plan to hold a protest gathering on the 24th of this month outside the United Nations office in Geneva to bring what they call &#8220;the violation of civilian rights&#8221; to the attention of international organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement is a civil protest movement in Pakistan that has repeatedly criticized the country&#8217;s security and military policies in Pashtun areas, demanding accountability from the responsible institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement condemns Pakistani military airstrikes near the Durand Line and plans a UN protest over civilian rights violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}