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Afghan Taliban fighters patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province. (Reuters)
Pakistan has bombed major cities in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul.
The Pakistani defence minister declared the neighbours were at "open war" following months of clashes.
Islamabad says Pakistani Taliban leaders operate from Afghan territory and use it as a safe haven to plan attacks inside Pakistan, a charge the Afghan Taliban denies.
Pakistan has carried out air strikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces, according to a spokesperson for Afghanistan's government.
The strikes came early on Friday, local time, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan, in the latest escalation of violence between the neighbouring countries that has made a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky.
Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky
Pakistan bombed Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul and two other provinces on Friday, hours after a cross-border attack, the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours who signed a Qatar-mediated ceasefire in 2025.
Following months of tit-for-tat clashes, Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for earlier deadly air strikes.
Hours later, at least three explosions were heard in Kabul on Friday morning, but there was no immediate information on the exact location of the strikes in the Afghan capital, or of any potential casualties.
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Afghanistan says ‘large-scale offensive operations’ launched; Pakistan reports inflicting ‘heavy casualties’ in border clashes.
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities say they have launched attacks against Pakistan’s military positions along their border in response to Pakistani air strikes last week, as Pakistan said its forces had retaliated.
The media office of Afghanistan’s military corps in the east said in a statement that “heavy clashes” began late on Thursday “in response to the recent air strikes carried out by Pakistani forces in Nangarhar and Paktia” provinces.
“In response to repeated provocations and violations by Pakistani military circles, large-scale offensive operations have been launched against Pakistani military positions and installations along the Durand Line,” Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid wrote in a post on X.
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