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Pakistan said connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) its forces had attacked subject facilities successful confederate Afghanistan, arsenic good arsenic "terrorist hideouts", successful the latest strikes betwixt the 2 sides.
Security sources said troops "effectively destroyed method enactment infrastructure and instrumentality retention installation successful Kandahar", which is location to the Taliban administration's ultimate person Hibatullah Akhundzada.
Another onslaught targeted a passageway successful Kandahar purportedly utilized by the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban militant radical oregon TTP, which Islamabad blames for a question of strikes, they added.
Local residents successful Kandahar told AFP they saw pitchy planes flying implicit the metropolis and heard explosions during the night.
"Military planes flew implicit the upland wherever determination is simply a subject facility, and an detonation followed," 1 said, adding flames could beryllium seen.
An aerial onslaught was besides heard successful Spin Boldak, southeast of Kandahar, residents said, portion authorities successful the eastbound borderline state of Khost said determination were clashes connected Saturday night.
Taliban authorities spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP that the strikes caused immoderate harm to a cause rehabilitation centre and an bare instrumentality successful Kandahar.
"The places they are talking astir are acold distant from these 2 places," helium added.
Pakistan said connected Saturday (March 14) it had thwarted "drone attacks" launched by Afghanistan which were intercepted connected Friday night.
At slightest 3 locations were targeted, including the Pakistani subject office successful Rawalpindi, adjacent the superior Islamabad, authorities said.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's bureau said the Afghan Taliban had "crossed a reddish line" by targeting civilians, and promised a response.
Islamabad launched a subject cognition against Afghanistan past month, targeting what it said were Islamist extremists pursuing attacks successful Pakistan.
The Taliban authorities has denied immoderate engagement oregon the usage of Afghan territory for militancy, portion Pakistan insists it does not people civilians.
There person been repeated clashes astatine the borderline successful caller weeks, hampering commercialized and forcing adjacent residents to permission their homes.
The UN ngo successful Afghanistan said connected Friday that astatine slightest 75 civilians person been killed and 193 injured successful Afghanistan arsenic a effect of the clashes since February 26.
