Islamabad said it carried out strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, targeting what it called hideouts of Pakistani militants it blamed for recent attacks inside Pakistan. The Afghan Red Crescent Society said more than a dozen people were killed. Pakistan didn't specify the locations targeted, but the Afghan defense ministry said in a statement “various civilian areas” in the provinces of Nangarhar and Paktika in eastern Afghanistan were hit, including a religious madrassa and multiple civilian homes.

Pakistan has bombed major cities in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbours at "open war" following months of clashes.

Pakistan's defence minister has declared 'open war' on Afghanistan, as the military launched a volley of airstrikes in response to a Taliban attack on the border.

Relations between the neighbours have plunged in recent months, with land border crossings largely shut since deadly fighting in October killed more than 70 people on both sides.

Pakistan launches air strikes on Kabul, declaring "open war" on the Taliban amid escalating border conflict.

Pakistan launches air strikes on Kabul, declaring "open war" on the Taliban amid escalating border conflict.

Pakistan launched multiple cross-border strikes targeting "terrorist training camps and hideouts" in eastern Afghanistan, the information ministry said Sunday. Afghanistan's defence ministry said "dozens"…

The Afghan Taliban said it had responded to the Pakistani strikes, which targeted Afghan cities including Kabul and Kandahar.

Afghanistan attacked Pakistani forces on Thursday and claimed to have killed and captured dozens of soldiers in retaliation for deadly air strikes days earlier.

Pakistan bombed major Afghan cities, including Kabul, on Friday, as Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the countries were in “open war” after months of escalating clashes. Afghan forces earlier attacked…

Pakistan bombed Taliban government targets in Afghanistan's major cities overnight, officials from both countries said on Friday, with Pakistan's defence minister describing the conflict ‌as "open war". Security sources in Pakistan said the strikes involved air and ground strikes against Taliban posts, headquarters and ammunition depots in multiple sectors along…

Afghanistan's military launched an attack on Pakistan Thursday to retaliate for Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas earlier in the week, claiming to have captured more than a dozen Pakistani army posts in the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbors. Pakistan's government, which had described Sunday's airstrikes as…

Afghanistan retaliates against Pakistan with military strikes, claiming to capture posts amid escalating border tensions.

Afghanistan retaliates against Pakistan with military strikes, claiming to capture posts amid escalating border tensions.

“Pakistan will take all necessary measures to ensure its territorial integrity and the safety and security of its citizens,” the statement said

The retaliatory strike was confirmed by Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid. Afghanistani fighters are not targeting Pakistan’s military circles and checkposts, in which several Pakistani soldiers were killed and dozens were injured.

Pakistani war planes bombed Kabul just hours after Afghanistan and Pakistan traded strikes on each other in their volatile mountain border region as days of escalating tensions boiled over into what one senior official from Islamabad called "open war."

Islamabad has declared "open war" on the Afghan Taliban government following renewed clashes along the shared border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.