{"text":[[{"start":7.75,"text":"The Taliban have accused Pakistan of strikes that killed four people, the first Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan since peace talks between the sides in China earlier this month. "}],[{"start":18.9,"text":"Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, said on Monday that Pakistan “deliberately” struck “civilian residences”, including a university, with artillery and rocket fire in the north-east border province of Kunar. He said 70 civilians were injured, among them women, children and 30 students."}],[{"start":40.5,"text":"Pakistan’s ministry of information and broadcasting rejected the accusation, writing in a post on social media platform X that the country did not strike a university and that all targeting was “precise and intelligence-based”. "}],[{"start":54.65,"text":"“The Afghan media claim is a blatant lie and an attempt to gain sympathy to cover up support by [the] Afghan Taliban” for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the ministry said, referring to a militant group that has killed thousands in western Pakistan in recent years. "}],[{"start":70.65,"text":"Islamabad and most international observers say the TTP operates from Afghan territory. Kabul denies harbouring or supporting any cross-border militants. "}],[{"start":80.55000000000001,"text":"Although Pakistan is leading regional efforts to mediate an end to the US-Israeli war on Iran, it has also been locked in a conflict with Taliban-run Afghanistan, and declared an “open war” against its western neighbour in late February. "}],[{"start":94.9,"text":"Before a ceasefire was agreed in late March for the Islamic holiday of Eid, hundreds had been killed in Afghanistan, including more than 200 people at a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul that the Taliban and UN officials said was hit by a Pakistani air strike. "}],[{"start":110.55000000000001,"text":"Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on March 26 that the pause had ended and that military operations would continue “until the Afghan Taliban regime reviews its misplaced priority of supporting terror infrastructure and terror proxies”. "}],[{"start":124.10000000000001,"text":"But a fragile peace has held, and diplomats from Pakistan and Afghanistan met in the Chinese city of Ürümqi earlier this month for peace talks. It was the latest step in efforts by China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to find a permanent solution to the fighting. "}],[{"start":140.20000000000002,"text":"Iran has also offered to step in as mediator between Kabul and Islamabad, including in a phone call between foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and his Taliban counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi this month."}],[{"start":152.85000000000002,"text":"Araghchi said Tehran was ready to “provide any assistance to help resolve differences and strengthen peace”, according to Iran’s state-run Tasnim news agency."}],[{"start":169.20000000000005,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1777359277_9301.mp3"}