What is the ruling on the bombing of Afghanistan?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Many questions have come in seeking clarification on the ruling regarding the bombing of the Afghans from the perspective of Islamic law, as fatwas have been numerous, some permitting it and others condemning it. We seek from you, Honorable Shaykh, the ruling on this matter?

Answer:
And if you know the ruling, what do you intend to do? These are matters for which we ask Allah to remove them from the Muslims, to protect the Muslims from their evil, and to turn their plot against their own throats; that is all we can do. As for getting involved in it, the issues are difficult and intertwined. They claim that they are being attacked in their lands and bombed in their lands—that is what they claim—and that they want to take revenge on those who attacked them. And these people say this is jihad, and that these are disbelievers, and that this is jihad. The matter is ambiguous. But it is incumbent upon us to call upon Allah the Exalted and Majestic for the victory of Islam and the Muslims, and for the humiliation of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah), and to increase in supplication. Yes.