Afghanistan, Kandahar and Pakistan

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Overnight strikes in Afghanistan’s Kandahar target ‘terrorist hideouts and military infrastructure’, says state media
Info minister says equipment storage facility, tunnel destroyed; ground forces destroy “terrorist jump-off point” at Afghanistan’s Badini Post; four killed in Bajaur after mortar fired from across the border.

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Pakistan says it hit militant hideouts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar as fighting shows no letup
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Pakistan military conducts overnight strikes on 'terrorist hideouts' in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Pakistan vs Afghanistan War Live Updates: ‘Blatant violation of humanitarian norms,’ Mirwais Ashraf on Kabul hospital strike
The International Human Rights Foundation has condemned the reported bombardment of a rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, saying facilities for treatment and humanitarian care must never be targeted in ...

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Dozens Killed, Possibly Many More, in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul
Pakistan to pause Afghan strikes for Eid, two days after deadly Kabul attack
Pakistan's Air Strike on Kabul: What You Need to Know
Pakistan, ⁠however, rejected the claim, saying the strike targeted military installations and terrorist ​support infrastructure, and was carefully undertaken to ensure there was no collateral damage.

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Pakistan air strike kills at least 100 at Kabul drug rehab centre
Afghanistan says 400 killed in strike by Pakistan on Kabul hospital

Afghanistan says Pakistani mortars killed 2 children as fighting stretches into third week

Ten people were also injured when mortar shells fired from Pakistan overnight struck villages in Afghanistan's Khost province, said Mustaghfar Gurbaz, a spokesman for the provincial governor. He said several homes were destroyed.

Pakistan targets Taliban installations and 'terrorist hideouts' in Kandahar during overnight strikes

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
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Pakistan strikes Kandahar as cross-border conflict with Afghanistan escalates

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

Timeline of recent fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan

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 denied and said it had targeted a military camp and "terrorist infrastructure".

Pakistan says it conducted new strikes at Afghanistan’s military facilities

Islamabad hits Kandahar facility after Taliban drones strike civilian areas and military sites as conflict intensifies.

Threatened with acid at 11 in Afghanistan, Sola Mahfouz taught herself quantum physics in a locked room

Sola Mahfouz was threatened with acid at 11 for attending school in Kandahar, taught herself mathematics and physics in secret from the age of 16, crossed into Pakistan to sit the SAT, and is now a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University.