Pakistan Missiles Hit Afghan University, Killing 7

0:00Mortars and missiles from Pakistan slammed into a university and homes in north-eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing seven people and wounding at, least 85 others. Officials say the attack hit Assadabad, the capital of Qunar province, marking a sharp spike in violence. This came right after Chinese mediated peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this month. The first big clash since those meetings. The two nations have traded deadly cross-border strikes for months, starting late February when Afghanistan hit back at Pakistani air strikes. Afghan leaders called it a war crime, pointing to women, kids, and students among the wounded at Syed Jamaludin Afghani University. Pakistan insists their strikes are precise, based on intel, and deny hitting the school. The fighting has displaced 94,000 people, per the United Nations. Even with a temporary truce for Eid al-Fighter in March, sporadic attacks kept going, even during the talks in Arumqi, China.

1:01Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaki called those negotiations positive just days ago. Countries like China, Turkey, and others keep trying to mediate. But this latest strike shows how fragile the peace really is between these neighbors. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.