NEW DELHI: Pakistan carried out air strikes on Afghanistan’s major cities, including Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia, sharply escalating months of border tensions between the two neighbours. Officials in ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Pakistan said it is now in "open war" with its neighbor Afghanistan ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani and Afghan forces launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes on Friday, and each side claimed to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the ...

In the rugged geography of the Hindu Kush, isolation has long been a tool of survival. But for the Taliban-led administration in early 2026, that isolation has become a trap. Afghanistan currently ...

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Afghan Taliban soldiers stand on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan, Feb. 27, 2026. (Wahidullah Kakar/AP) Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in ...

Both Afghanistan and Pakistan are set to promote themselves at ITB Berlin next week, pitching culture, heritage and adventure to international buyers. Yet at the same time, the two neighbours have ...

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