India on Thursday denounced Pakistan’s strikes in Afghanistan at a United Nations Security Council session, calling the attacks — which killed women, children and even local cricketers — a grave breach of international law and a threat to regional stability.

Fresh clashes between Taliban and Pakistani forces erupted earlier this week, less than two months after both sides agreed to a ceasefire to halt weeks of fighting along the volatile border. Both sides accused the other of breaking the fragile truce.

Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said New Delhi is “gravely concerned” by Pakistan’s “trade and transit terrorism,” referring to Islamabad’s repeated closure of border access for landlocked Afghanistan.

“We add our voice to calls for paying full respect

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