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

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

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

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

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 launched a wave of attacks on Afghanistan on February 27, in the most serious escalation between the countries since ...

Escalating tensions between the two nations flared into open conflict, as Pakistan’s defense minister said his country’s ...

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

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.

Pakistan is fed up with the Afghan Taliban, a group it once sheltered and aided, accusing the group, which has ruled the country since 2021, of harbouring and supporting its ideological cousins, the ...

In our news wrap Friday, Pakistan's defense minister says his country is engaged in "open war" with Afghanistan, Israel's ...

Pakistan struck several sites in Afghanistan early Friday in what it calls an "open war." We look at what's driving the renewed fighting.