Pakistan has declared open war on the Afghan Taliban, launching airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, and other key targets after Taliban forces attacked border posts in a major escalation along the disputed Durand Line.

Pakistan’s president is defending cross-border strikes in Afghanistan and urges the Taliban government to disarm militants attacking his country

AFGHAN ground forces attacked Pakistani military positions at 16 locations along the two countries’ south-western border early today, also firing on multiple points in the north-west.The attack triggered intense clashes in which 67 Afghan security force members and one Pakistani soldier were killed,

Pakistan Airstrike on Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia LIVE Updates: Early Friday morning, explosions and aircraft sounds were heard in Kabul, just hours after Afghanistan claimed it had attacked Pakistani border posts.

Bombings by Pakistan are the most significant development in tensions between the two neighbours - though the physical impact remains unclear.

Pakistán llevó a cabo una serie de ataques aéreos en Kabul y en otras dos provincias afganas la madrugada del viernes, anunció el portavoz del gobierno de Afganistán, horas después de que Afganistán l