Afghanistan

Without colleagues with migrant backgrounds, it wouldn't work

— Christian Trompeter, NGG; Context: on the essential role of migrant workers in the bakery sector.

This is where the car bomb exploded, killing 80 people and injuring dozens.

— Omar al Jushali, owner of Café Shabandar in Baghdad, describing the street where the 2007 car bombing occurred.

My condolences. I urge parties to de-escalate, exercise maximum restraint and respect international law, including the protection of civilians and civilian objects such as hospitals.

— Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, in a post on X

Right now our family is trying to comfort six children who have lost their father. We are heartbroken and trying to process this loss.

— Paktyawal family, in a statement shared with Newsweek

Leave the Kurds alone. We are not guns for hire.

— Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed, the first lady of Iraq and a prominent Kurdish activist, in a Thursday statement.

I am deeply saddened by the latest reports of civilian casualties as a result of Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul. Targeting civilian homes, educational facilities or medical infrastructure-either intentionally or by mistake-is a war crime,

— Rashid Khan wrote on X reacting to the Kabul strikes.

Preliminary investigation reveals that the incidents were carried out by suspected suicide bombers.

— Statement by the Borno State Police Command in a briefing