Pakistan bombs Kabul after intensifying border clashes with Afghanistan

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Pakistan bombed Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul and two other provinces on Friday, hours after a cross-border attack, the latest escalation of deadly violence between the volatile neighbours who signed a Qatar-mediated ceasefire in 2025.

Following months of tit-for-tat clashes, Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for earlier deadly airstrikes.

Hours later, at least three explosions were heard in Kabul, with both sides making different claims about the number of casualties and sites hit.

Pakistan’s federal minister for information and broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, claimed the strikes on Friday in Kabul, Paktia, and Kandahar killed 133 Afghan Taliban officials and wounded more than 200, with further possible casualties.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/afghanistan-pakistan-strikes-kabul

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[Easterncedar]

1. Quick! Call the board of peace!

[Javaman]

2. yup, get the orange pedo on this stat! he'll take credit for it somehow! nt

[ananda]

4. Yeah, Jared and co. will want to do the "rebuild."

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[maxsolomon]

3. Pakistan funded/tolerated the Talibs for DECADES.

A pox on both their houses.