Pakistan, Taliban condemn US strikes on Iran
Pakistan and the Taliban have condemned US attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.
On Sunday, thousands of protesters marched in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, and in the capital, Islamabad, denouncing the US airstrikes and what they called Israeli aggression in the Middle East.
Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement on the same day that there is an "imperative need to respect civilian lives and immediately bring the conflict to end."
It marked a shift in tone from Islamabad, which just a day earlier said it would nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping end a four-day conflict between Pakistan and India.
Afghanistan's Taliban interim government also condemned the strikes, calling them a violation of Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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