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 ...

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

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

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

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

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