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Pakistan is a nuclear-armed country and has ​170 warheads but Afghanistan does not have a nuclear arsenal

Pakistan airstrikes have struck a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds have died and many more are injured. Afghan officials accuse Pakistan of deliberately targeting civilians. Pakistan denies this, stating strikes hit militant infrastructure. Cross-border clashes continue, raising regional security concerns. Both nations present conflicting casualty figures.

Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday claimed that about 300 Afghan Taliban fighters and members of allied groups have been killed so far in cross-border clashes with his country’s forces.

Pakistan and Afghanistan, two countries sharing some 2,600 kilometres of mountainous frontier, are facing a major escalation after several months of "relative calm" and sporadic cross-border strikes. Can it turn into an all-out war?

Pakistan launched "Operation Ghazab lil-Haq," a retaliatory military campaign, targeting Afghan Taliban defense positions in response to alleged unprovoked cross-border firing. Senior ministers confirmed a large-scale counter-offensive, with Pakistan reporting significant Taliban casualties and destroyed infrastructure. Afghanistan claimed to have killed Pakistani soldiers in retaliatory operations along the Durand Line.

Pakistan has declared "open war" on the Afghan Taliban government following intense border clashes. Islamabad launched air strikes on key Afghan cities, including Kabul and Kandahar, after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani troops. The Taliban responded with retaliatory operations, confirming air strikes but denying casualties. Both sides reported dozens of casualties…

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed the attack through its leader, Omar Mukkaram Khurasani.

A suicide bombing near an Islamabad court killed 12 people and injured 27. PM Sharif blamed India-backed militant groups originating in Afghanistan, an allegation Delhi has yet to address.

In recent weeks, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have engaged in the most serious military clashes between the two neighbours in several years.