Kabul, March 17 -- Afghanistan will defend its territory if conflict is imposed on it, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Tuesday, after accusing Pakistan's military of carrying out a devastating airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul that reportedly killed more than 400 people.

Addressing Kabul-based ambassadors, diplomats, and representatives of international organisations, Muttaqi said Afghans seek peace but will respond firmly to aggression.

"The entire nation of Afghanistan is united and shares the same aspiration: it wants stability. The whole nation does not favour war. However, if war is imposed upon it, then with great courage it will prove its right to self-defence and will defend its land and its beliefs,"...