Pakistan carried out airstrikes on eastern Afghan provinces, targeting what it described as militant positions. In response, the Taliban launched a large-scale offensive along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, with clashes reported simultaneously in six Afghan provinces.
Taliban forces claim they have captured 10 Pakistani army positions and destroyed another five along the frontier. They also say they conducted retaliatory strikes on Pakistan Army bases and military centers near the Durand Line.
Pakistani officials, for their part, report that around 19 Afghan Taliban fighters were killed and nine border posts were destroyed as a result of what they call Afghanistan’s “unprovoked” fire on Pakistani positions. Both sides accuse each other of supporting terrorism, and the situation on the border is clearly moving toward further escalation.
