Indian Ambassador Harish Slams Pakistan at UNSC Over Civilian Attacks in Afghanistan

Indian Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, India?s Permanent Representative to the UN, accused Pakistan of having a long record of involvement in genocidal acts against civilians during the Annual UNSC Open Debate on ?Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.? 

Parvathaneni said that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) documented 750 civilian deaths and injuries in the first three months of 2026 due to cross-border armed violence carried out by Pakistani military forces, most of which resulted from



airstrikes.

?It is ironic that Pakistan, with its long-tainted record of genocidal acts, has chosen to refer to issues that are strictly internal to India,? he said. 

He further stated that UNAMA attributed 94 out of 95 incidents of civilian casualties to Pakistani security forces. 

Referring to an alleged strike during Ramadan, Parvathaneni said Pakistan carried out an airstrike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul, killing 269 civilians and injuring 122 others.