Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict: Taliban says conducted airstrikes on military base near Islamabad
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Taliban security personnel stand guard near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Nangarhar province on February 27, 2026. Photograph: (AFP)
Afghanistan launches air strikes on military camp near Islamabad, says Taliban
Afghanistan’s Taliban on Friday (Feb 26) said that it conducted coordinated airstrikes targeting a military base near Islamabad in Pakistan. This comes amid military tensions between the two neighbours. The recent strikes come after the Afghan Taliban said they have renewed attacks against Pakistani troops along their shared border in retaliation.
“Today at approximately 11:00 AM, the Air Force of the Ministry of National Defense conducted coordinated airstrikes targeting a military camp near Faizabad in Islamabad, a military base in Nowshera,” the Taliban Defence Ministry said in a statement.
The strikes come after Pakistan carried out airstrikes in parts of Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia.
Earlier on Friday, Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif declared that Pakistan is at an “open war” against Afghanistan. In a post on X, he said that Islamabad’s “patience has reached its limit.”
He noted that after NATO forces withdrew, Pakistan expected that there would be peace in Afghanistan and that the Taliban would prioritise the well-being of the Afghan people and regional stability. However, he claimed that instead, Afghanistan has become “a colony of India.”
He added that while Islamabad “made every effort to keep the situation normal through direct means and through friendly countries,” but “attempts are being made to target Pakistan with aggression.”
“Now it is open war between us and you,” he said, adding, "Now it will be ‘Dama Dam Mast Qalandar’.”
Asid also accused the Taliban of “depriving” its citizens of basic human rights, saying that the Afghan government has “snatched away the rights that Islam grants to women.”
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Meanwhile, Iran has offered to help mediate between the two countries amid military escalation, saying that Tehran is “ready to provide any assistance necessary to facilitate dialogue and enhance understanding and cooperation between the two countries.”
