Pakistan has 660,000 active personnel - 560,000 in the army, 70,000 in the ​air force and 30,000 ⁠in the navy. The Afghan Taliban's military is around a quarter of the size with 150,000 active personnel. Pakistan has more than 6,000 armoured fighting vehicles and over 4,600 pieces of artillery.

March 17 - More than 400 people were killed and 265 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, the Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday, a charge Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s – as a way to give Pakistan "strategic depth" in its rivalry with India.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has rejected U.S. allegations that it detains foreigners to obtain leverage over other countries.

The documentary from Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, features clandestinely shot mobile phone footage and shows "the power of art to keep hope and humanism

Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan flared this week after the Afghan Taliban government accused its neighbour of attacking a drug rehabilitation centre and killing ​more than 400 people - a charge denied by Islamabad.

Islamabad says it hit militant infrastructure in southern Afghanistan after alleged Taliban-linked drone attacks, deepening a rapidly worsening standoff along the border.

March 15 (Reuters) - ⁠Pakistan ⁠targeted ⁠Taliban installations ​and "terrorist hideouts" ‌in Afghanistan's ‌Kandahar ⁠during overnight ⁠strikes, the Pakistan Information ​Minister said ​in a post ⁠on ⁠X on ⁠Sunday. Zabihullah Mujahid, ​a spokesperson for ​the ⁠Afghan government ⁠confirmed the attacks, but said there ⁠were no casualties.