27.02.2026 00:50
The death toll in the clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has risen to 60, including 2 Pakistani soldiers, while Pakistani security sources reported that Pakistani warplanes conducted airstrikes on the Afghan capital Kabul and the city of Kandahar. Meanwhile, the Pakistani army's attacks were also captured from the air via drone.
Tensions continue to rise in the border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
PAKISTAN AIRCRAFT BOMBARD KABUL AND KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN'S CAPITAL
Pakistani security sources announced that during the intensified clashes at night, fighter jets belonging to the Pakistan Air Force took off and conducted airstrikes on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and the city of Kandahar.
CAPTURED FROM THE AIR
Sources also reported that targets belonging to the Taliban administration of Afghanistan were hit in the Kurram region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It was stated that an ammunition depot was destroyed in Nangarhar province as part of the attacks. Meanwhile, the attacks by the Pakistani army were also captured from the air via drone.
"THE NUMBER OF AFGHAN FORCES NEUTRALIZED HAS REACHED 58"
Pakistan's Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Ataullah Tarar, announced that with the latest developments, the number of Afghan security forces neutralized as a result of the Pakistani army's response to Afghanistan's attacks has reached 58, and 102 Afghan security personnel have been injured. A previous statement from Pakistan indicated that 2 Pakistani soldiers had lost their lives.
Tarar emphasized in a previous statement that the attacks carried out by Afghanistan along the border were "unjustified" and noted that a special operation against Afghan military elements had been initiated.
AFGHANISTAN HAD LAUNCHED WIDESPREAD ATTACK OPERATIONS
In recent hours, Afghanistan's Government Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced that in response to Pakistan's recent airstrikes, widespread attack operations had been launched against Pakistani military bases and facilities along the Durand Line. Mujahid stated that positions belonging to the Pakistani army had been seized in various regions.
PAKISTAN HAD TARGETED ISIS AND TTP
The recent clashes at the border came after Pakistan's airstrikes against Afghanistan on February 22. Pakistan's Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry stated in his announcement regarding the airstrikes against the terrorist organization ISIS in Afghanistan that 7 points belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, and the ISIS Khorasan branch were hit. Chaudhry said, "As part of the operations, Pakistan targeted seven different locations and at least 70 terrorists were killed."
Afghan officials claimed that there were civilian casualties in the attack and stated that a retaliation would be carried out in response to the assault.