Residents examine the location of a strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 13, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: AP
Pakistan mentioned on Sunday (March 15, 2026) its forces had attacked army amenities in southern Afghanistan, in addition to “terrorist hideouts”, within the newest strikes between the 2 sides.
Safety sources mentioned troops “successfully destroyed technical help infrastructure and tools storage facility in Kandahar”, which is residence to the Taliban administration’s supreme chief Hibatullah Akhundzada.
One other strike focused a tunnel in Kandahar purportedly utilized by the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban militant group or TTP, which Islamabad blames for a wave of strikes, they added.
Native residents in Kandahar informed AFP they noticed jet planes flying over town and heard explosions in the course of the evening.
“Army planes flew over the mountain the place there’s a army facility, and an explosion adopted,” one mentioned, including flames could possibly be seen.
An air strike was additionally heard in Spin Boldak, southeast of Kandahar, residents mentioned, whereas authorities within the japanese border province of Khost mentioned there have been clashes on Saturday evening.
Taliban authorities spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid informed AFP that the strikes brought about some harm to a drug rehabilitation centre and an empty container in Kandahar.
“The locations they’re speaking about are distant from these two locations,” he added.
Pakistan mentioned on Saturday (March 14) it had thwarted “drone assaults” launched by Afghanistan which had been intercepted on Friday evening.
A minimum of three places had been focused, together with the Pakistani army headquarters in Rawalpindi, close to the capital Islamabad, authorities mentioned.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s workplace mentioned the Afghan Taliban had “crossed a pink line” by concentrating on civilians, and promised a response.
Islamabad launched a army operation in opposition to Afghanistan final month, concentrating on what it mentioned had been Islamist extremists following assaults in Pakistan.
The Taliban authorities has denied any involvement or using Afghan territory for militancy, whereas Pakistan insists it doesn’t goal civilians.
There have been repeated clashes on the border in latest weeks, hampering commerce and forcing close by residents to go away their properties.
The UN mission in Afghanistan mentioned on Friday that at the least 75 civilians have been killed and 193 injured in Afghanistan on account of the clashes since February 26.
Printed – March 15, 2026 02:59 pm IST