Pakistan And Afghanisthan War
on 21 february 2026 the pakistan air force [paf] conducted airstriks over the provinces of nangarhar paktika and khost in afghanistan with the stated aim targeting taliban and the islamic state khorasan province attacks in isamabad bajaur and bannu pakistan blamd the afghan government for facilitating the attacks
on 26 february 2026 afghanistan launched a rataliatory operatiotn against pakistan engaging ethe taliban this operation followed an escalation in border skirmishes and cross border firing incidents along the durand line involving the afghan taliban and pakistani security forces the following day pakistan annouced a state of open war with afghanistan escalating its airstriks and striking targets throughot afghanitan including the capital of kabal
pakistan -afghanistan open war highlights:-
pakistan -afghanistan open war highlights over 400 afghan taliban solfier killed says pak minister as operation still continuing.
afgha and pakistani troops battle along the borcler on sunday [march] 2026] alongside multiple strikes inclucliny the forner us air base at bagran days after islamalad defenc tminister khawaja asif declared that the neighours were at open was following monthe of tit for tat clashes.
Airstrikes:-
the latest round of fighting between afghanisthan and pakistan did not begin with one airstrike or one angry speech on social media when pakistan`s defence minister publicly spoke of on “open war with kabul after pakistani jets bombed targets in kabul and kandahor it sounded like a sudden eruption.
in reality it is anthor flare-up in a conflict whose roots go back to British imperial map making in the 19th century. the politices of pasttum identity and decades of proxy wars that both states have used and then lost control over.
Islamabad-afghanisthan and pakistan are fighting again trading deadly shelling and mortor fire across thier rugged border with islamabad defence minister saying his country`s patience had run out and declaring open war on its taliban run neighbor.
It`s the latest flare-up in an on off conflict that pitches pakistan`s well cunded powerfull and nuclear-armed military against hardened afgan taliban fighters with decades of battle experience including victory over us and NATO forces in 2021 after years of insurgency.
What happend in the last 24 hours:-
Late thursday night the taliban`s military attacks on pakistani positions along some sections of their porous and disputed border that wends 1000 miles through rugged mountains and desert.
Kabul said those attacks were in retaliation for pakistan`s bombing of what it said were militant camps in afghanisthan over the weeked that left at least is people dead.
1 March Report :-
on 1march 2026 pakistans infomation minister attaullah tarar said 46 locations across afghanistan had been hit by air shrikes since its operation began including bagram airfieid pakistan claimed to have killed 415 soldiers for the loss of 120of its own an afghani spokesperon counter-claimecl that 80 pakistani soldiers were killed and 27 military posts vcatured for the loos of 13 soldiers.
pakistani security forces alos vclaimcd to have taken vcontrol of 32 square kilometress of strategic afghan territoy south of the zhob sector this sfrategic territoy near the kandahar province is known as the ghudwana enclave
2 March Report:-
afghanistan was reported by indian media sourcess to have allegedly nur khan on 2 march 2026 pakistani security sources told reulders that pakistani force vcontinued to vconduct airstriks and ground attacks and that they had destroyed ammunition depots in khost and lalalabad well as a drone storaye site in lalalabad among other targets additionally at around 5 an local time pakastni fighter jets launched multiple airstriks on bagram airbase.
once again afghan forces claimed to have repelled the aerrial assault using zu-23 anit-aircraft guns but satellite imagery published later by the new york times showing multiple blasts and destroyed buildings at the base confirmed that bagram airbase had actuaally been struck contrary to afghan claims