Pakistan argues that its attacks on Afghanistan are specifically targeted on the hideouts of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The Taliban government, however, maintains that its territory is not being used to threaten the security of any country.

Pakistan’s recent strikes signal that it is prepared to take the fight directly to the Taliban leadership’s inner circle if the Taliban regime’s support for anti-Pakistan groups continues.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries.

Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further heightening regional instability and raising concerns about the risk of a prolonged conflict.

Pakistan launched overnight strikes inside Afghanistan targeting major cities. This escalation follows recent cross-border skirmishes. Both nations reported significant casualties, with differing figures.

Pakistan says it struck militant hideouts in Afghanistan as cross-border fighting intensified and both sides traded blame.

Four civilians were killed and a five-year-old child was seriously injured after mortar fire from across the border struck a village in Bajaur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Sunday, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government accused Pakistan’s military Friday of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes in Kabul and other areas of the country, saying at least six civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured, as fighting between the neighbors entered its third week.

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting says an Afghan Taliban regime-linked X account has circulated a fake video claiming it showed a strike in South Waziristan against Pakistani forces.