Tensions skyrocketed Thursday as Afghanistan unveiled its retaliation against Pakistan’s airstrikes, boasting control over 15 border checkpoints. The Islamic Emirate’s forces struck back hard in the contested Durand Line area, marking a perilous new chapter in bilateral hostilities.
Via a social media statement, deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat reported heavy losses for Pakistan: soldiers slain and prisoners taken. ‘Our offensive rages on, yielding vital territorial wins,’ he declared, as operations forge ahead relentlessly.
Night operations leverage cutting-edge laser tech to pinpoint and neutralize threats along the divide. This comes after UNAMA documented the horrific toll of Pakistani jets: 13 civilian fatalities in Nangarhar and Paktika, striking at innocents in Behsud, Khogyani, Bermal, and Orgun.
Eyewitness accounts detail devastation—a school and mosque reduced to rubble in Bermal, a family home obliterated in Orgun, with seven survivors battling injuries from the February 21-22 assaults. Khama Press amplified these horrors, drawing from UNAMA’s fieldwork.
Pakistan’s official silence amplifies uncertainty. With historical grievances over the porous border festering, this tit-for-tat risks spiraling into full-scale confrontation. Regional stakeholders, from Kabul to Islamabad and beyond, face mounting pressure to de-escalate before irreparable damage unfolds, especially amid Afghanistan’s fragile recovery efforts.