Pakistan’s military has struck deeper into Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies and both sides claimed to have inflicted heavy losses.

The renewed violence between the neighboring countries stems from Pakistan’s accusations that Afghanistan’s Taliban government has harbored a militant group.

The airstrikes came hours after Afghan troops had attacked Pakistani border positions and follow months of worsening ...

Taliban fighters look up while manning an armed pickup truck at the Afghan side of the Ghulam Khan crossing with Pakistan in Khost province, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah ...

Pakistan bombed Taliban government targets in Afghanistan's major cities, a sharp escalation in clashes that the Pakistani defence minister described as "open war".

Pakistan bombed major Afghan cities and declared "open war" after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers claimed an unprecedented aerial attack on Islamabad.

The strikes are the first time Islamabad has attacked the Taliban rather than militants allegedly backed by them, a stark rupture in ties between the Islamic neighbours.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan have continued trading attacks after Pakistan bombed Afghanistan’s two biggest cities in the early ...

Pakistan struck Kabul and two other provinces hours after the Taliban launched cross-border attacks, in the latest escalation of violence between the two South Asian neighbors.