Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in multiple cities in Afghanistan and has bombed military installations of the Afghan Taliban regime, the Pakistani Information Minister said, hours after explosions were reported in Kabul.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid accused Pakistan of striking areas in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia.
“The cowardly Pakistani military has carried out airstrikes in certain areas of Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia; fortunately, there have been no reported casualties,” Mujahid wrote on X.
At least three explosions and the sound of aircraft were heard in the Afghan capital early Friday, according to Associated Press. There was no immediate confirmation of casualties or the precise locations targeted.
The strikes come hours after Afghanistan said it had launched retaliatory cross-border attacks on Pakistan following Pakistani airstrikes last Sunday on Afghan border regions.
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said retaliatory operations were taking place along the disputed Durand Line in multiple provinces and claimed Afghan forces had captured more than a dozen Pakistani army posts.
Pakistan rejected those claims, describing Afghanistan’s action as unprovoked. Islamabad has previously said its operations targeted militant hideouts along the frontier.
The 2,611-kilometre Durand Line — a boundary Afghanistan has not formally recognised — has long been a flashpoint between the two neighbours. Both sides have reported sharply differing casualty figures in the latest escalation.
The situation remains fluid, with neither side providing independently verifiable details of damage or losses.
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