Pakistan Targets Multiple Afghan Border Regions; Nangarhar At the Epicentre of Fresh Escalation

A series of strikes across key Afghan regions - including Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia and the highly volatile Nangarhar belt along the unrecognised Durand Line - mark a sharp escalation in Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions. The attacks concentrate around some of the world's most disturbed border zones, with Nangarhar emerging as the focal point of the latest offensive.