Both sides have claimed to inflict heavy losses in what has become their deadliest fighting in years, a confrontation Pakistan has described as an “open war” with Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan on Friday of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes on Kabul and other areas of the country, saying at least six civilians were killed and more than a dozen others were injured.

Pakistan's Ministry of Information rejects Taliban claims of capturing a military post, labeling it as false propaganda aimed at misleading Afghan public opinion.

Pakistan says that Afghan forces have attacked Pakistani military positions along the border, triggering intense clashes that left 67 Afghan troops and one Pakistani soldier dead.

Pakistan’s ongoing military campaign against Afghanistan, initiated by airstrikes in late February 2026 targeting hideouts of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State–Khorasan Province (ISKP) in Nangarhar,

Pakistan is willing to halt operations against Afghanistan if the Taliban government stops supporting militant groups from its territory, the country’s top military leader Field Marshal Asim Munir said.

Pakistan has carried out fresh airstrikes inside Afghanistan, targeting areas including Kabul, Kandahar and border provinces amid rising tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban-led government.