Pakistan's military has claimed that it has killed at least 70 in strikes along the border with Afghanistan over the weekend, targeting what it described as terror hideouts, which it blamed for recent... .
With sharply conflicting casualty figures and rising rhetoric, the cross-border strikes have intensified tensions between Islamabad and Kabul, raising concerns of further escalation. .
The Taliban authorities in Kabul said the Pakistani strikes had killed and wounded ‘dozens of people’ ...Pakistan wants Kabul to clamp down on the TTP, which is a separate group but closely linked to the Afghan Taliban.
HULU LANGAT. Two premises involved in recycling oil and plastic waste in the Mahkota Beranang industrial area are suspected of causing odour pollution in Sungai Kabul, Semenyih, since last Thursday (Feb 19). Read full story ... .
Pakistan said these strikes were carried out in response to a suicide blast at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad two weeks ago and other more recent suicide bombings in northwest Pakistan ....
Kabul summoned Pakistan’s ambassador after airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan reportedly killed dozens of civilians and heightened cross-border tensions.
A former Pakistani envoy has urged Islamabad to avoid rhetoric and airstrike threats against Kabul, calling for measured counterterrorism steps instead ... conduct airstrikes against Kabul if necessary.
A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck 130km from Kabul on Feb 20, 2026. Tremors were felt in Bamiyan and Wardak. Read the latest on the Afghanistan earthquake today and the status of remote villages ... .