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

Pakistan struck Kabul and two other provinces hours after the Taliban launched cross-border attacks, in the latest escalation ...

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.

Relations between the neighboring countries have remained tense since October, when deadly border clashes killed dozens of ...

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

CHENNAI, India — Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand on Sunday in what shapes as the toughest group at the T20 World Cup. Both teams are placed in Group D that also ...

New Zealand pulled ‌off a steep chase against Afghanistan’s spin-heavy attack to begin their ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a five-wicket victory in a Group D match in the south Indian ...

Mehr Mumtaz receives funding from the Russell Sage Foundation Dissertation Grant, and the Mershon Center for International Security's Graduate Research Grant. In January 2025, Seema received an email ...