Pakistan-Afghanistan Clashes LIVE: Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbors are at "open war" following months of tit-for-tat clashes. The escalation came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for earlier deadly air strikes.
Hours after the strikes, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his country's armed forces can "crush" aggressors. "Our forces have the full capability to crush any aggressive ambitions," Sharif said.
Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif said their "patience has reached its limit". "Now it is open war between us and you," he said.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have plunged in recent months. Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of failing to act against militant groups that carry out attacks in Pakistan, which the Taliban government denies.
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'Pak Will Crush Aggressive Ambitions': Shehbaz Sharif Warns Afghanistan
Shehbaz Sharif's statement came hours after Pakistan struck targets inside Afghanistan's major cities overnight.
Pakistan Afghanistan Conflict LIVE: Afghan Taliban Made Terrible Mistake By Attacking, Says Pak Minister
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has condemned the Afghan Taliban for targeting civilians. In a statement posted by the interior ministry on X, the minister said that Pakistan’s armed forces had responded befittingly to the open aggression by the Afghan Taliban.
“The cowardly enemy struck in the darkness of night. The Afghan Taliban made a despicable attempt to target innocent civilians,” he said.
“The nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces. The Afghan Taliban made a terrible mistake by attacking. They will have to face serious consequences. We will not allow our security to be compromised,” Naqvi added.
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Pakistan Afghanistan Tensions LIVE: Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan Targets As Clashes Intensify
Pakistan struck targets inside Afghanistan's major cities overnight, Pakistani and Taliban officials said on Friday, as cross-border fighting intensified following months of tensions and skirmishes between the two countries. Security sources in Pakistan said the strikes involved air and ground strikes against Taliban posts, headquarters and ammunition depots in multiple sectors along the border.
Both sides reported heavy losses, issuing sharply differing figures that Reuters could not independently verify. The strikes mark the most serious escalation between the neighbours in months, threatening a fragile ceasefire along the 2,600-km (1,615-mile) frontier and deepening a long-running dispute over Islamabad's accusation that Kabul harbours Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, a charge the Taliban deny.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes in parts of Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia.
"Pakistani counterstrikes against targets in Afghanistan continue," a Pakistani government spokesperson, Mosharraf Zaidi, said in a post on X, describing the action as a response to "unprovoked Afghan attacks."
'Pak Will Crush Aggressive Ambitions': Shehbaz Sharif Warns Afghanistan
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday his country's armed forces can "crush" aggressors, hours after Islamabad struck targets inside Afghanistan's major cities overnight.
"Our forces have the full capability to crush any aggressive ambitions," Sharif said, according to the Pakistani government's X account.
"The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the Pakistan armed forces," he said.
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Afghanistan attacked Pakistani forces on Thursday and claimed to have killed and captured dozens of soldiers in retaliation for deadly air strikes days earlier.
Pakistan Afghanistan War LIVE: Pakistan Bombs Kabul After Afghanistan Attacks Border
Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on Friday, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbours at "open war" 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 air strikes, while AFP journalists in Kabul and Kandahar heard blasts and jets overhead.
Relations between the neighbours have plunged in recent months, with land border crossings largely shut since deadly fighting in October that killed more than 70 people on both sides.
Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of failing to act against militant groups that carry out attacks in Pakistan, which the Taliban government denies.
Pak Declares "Open War", Bombs Kabul, Kandahar After Afghanistan Attack
Islamabad has declared "open war" on the Afghan Taliban government following renewed clashes along the shared border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pakistan Afghanistan Clashes LIVE: Pak Declares "Open War", Bombs Kabul, Kandahar After Afghanistan Attack
Islamabad has declared "open war" on the Afghan Taliban government following renewed clashes along the shared border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The escalation came after Pakistan bombed Afghanistan's Kabul and Kandahar on Friday, hours after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for deadly airstrikes earlier this week.
"Our patience has reached its limit. Now it is open war between us and you," Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif posted on X.
