Pakistan's defence minister declares "open war" against Taliban after Islamabad says two of its soldiers were killed.

Tensions have heated up since Pakistan ‌launched air strikes on militant targets in Afghanistan last weekend. Earlier, border clashes between the two countries killed dozens of soldiers in October until negotiations facilitated by Turkey, Qatar and ⁠Saudi Arabia ceased the ⁠hostilities and a fragile ceasefire was put in place.

Pakistan’s defense minister says his country has run out of “patience” and considers that there is now an “open war” with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in posts on X that multiple Pakistani troops were killed and others taken prisoner late on Thursday after Afghanistan launched attacks in response to last

Pakistan carried out air strikes on Afghanistan's major cities overnight, officials in Islamabad and Kabul said on Friday, sharply escalating months o.

Haq, a large-scale retaliatory military operation against Afghan Taliban positions after reported cross-border firing.

Afghanistan claims it shot down a Pakistani aircraft as both sides trade allegations and casualty figures following Islamabad’s launch of Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.

A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law inequality based on gender and social status.