Drones miss intended targets, debris from UAVs injures two children in Quetta, two civilians in Kohat, Rawalpindi

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the operation, stating that the drone strike caused both material damage and casualties at the Hamza military base in central Islamabad. Independent verification of these claims has not yet been possible.

Pakistan and Afghanistan, two countries sharing some 2,600 kilometres of mountainous frontier, are facing a major escalation after several months of "relative calm" and sporadic cross-border strikes.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a drone attack targeting Pakistan’s Kohat Army Camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in what it described as retaliation for recent Pakistani airstrikes.

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to beat their wives so long as they don’t break bones or leave visible, lasting wounds.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries, saying Afghan authorities arrest people for violating laws

Mujahid said the Taliban were holding only two US citizens and denied American claims that Afghan-American Mahmood Shah Habibi was among those detained.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Friday that 663 Afghan Taliban operatives have been killed and more than 887 injured during the ongoing Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, launched in response to “unprovoked action” from across the Afghan border.

Tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime sharply escalated in late February, further heightening regional instability and raising concerns about the risk of a prolonged conflict.