Pakistan-Afghanistan tension escalation between neighbours
Pakistan-Afghanistan tension escalation between neighbours Afghanistan's Taliban government said it had launched an offensive on Pakistani military bases near the border on Thursday(26 Feb 2026) night. Pakistan responded within hours, bombing targets in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and the provinces of Kandahar and Paktika - Afghan provinces close to its 2,600km (1,615 miles) border. The bombings are the most significant development in the ongoing tensions between the two countries, which had agreed to a ceasefire last October following a week of deadly clashes What makes this time different? What makes the latest round of Pakistani strikes significant is that they have targeted Taliban government facilities instead of terrorist targets in Afghanistan, The Afghan Taliban's military chief, Qari Muhammad Fasihuddin, said in a video message on Friday that Pakistan could expect "an even more decisive response" in future. The attacks on places like Abbottabad and Swabi ...