Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes enters 5th day as Taliban carries out incursions across Durand Line

Key Highlights

• The United Nations later confirmed that civilians were among those killed in the earlier strikes, deepening anger in affected communities.
• Pakistan dismissed the Taliban’s cross-border assaults as ‘unjustified’ and ‘borne of serious miscalculations’, while warning of dire consequences for Kabul and threatened to respond with what it called an immediate and forceful reply.
• In the early hours of February 25, Pakistani armed forces launched extensive air operations against Taliban positions inside Afghanistan.
• Fighter jets and drones were deployed by Pakistan towards military installations stretching from Kabul to Kandahar, the Taliban’s traditional stronghold.
• Residents in Kabul reported explosions in the west of the city and in areas including Darulaman and Pul-e-Charkhi, where ammunition depots and Taliban facilities were said to have been hit.