Geneva, Sept. 16 -- Pashtun political activist Fazal Ur Rehman Afridi has expressed serious concerns about what he termed continuous human rights abuses, state-sponsored militancy, and natural resource exploitation in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Addressing the international community, Afridi accused the Pakistani military of carrying out false flag military operations under the pretence of combating terrorism, while targeting innocent civilians, particularly Pashtun women and children.

"We have come to the United Nations Human Rights Council today to make the world aware of the continued military action in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Innocent Pashtun civilians are being targeted, not only by drone attacks, but by F-16 fighter a...