US EditionAfghanistan fires at Pakistani jets over Kabul as conflict intensifies
Afghan forces targeted Pakistani jets over Kabul amid escalating cross-border violence after recent Pakistani air strikes and Afghan retaliatory operations, raising regional conflict concerns.
- On March 1, Afghanistan said it fired at Pakistani jets over Kabul after blasts and gunfire rocked the capital; Taliban administration spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, `Air defence attacks were carried out in Kabul against Pakistani aircraft. Kabul residents should not be concerned.`
- On Sunday, Pakistan's claims about militants drove tensions, with Pakistan carrying out air strikes inside Afghanistan this week, prompting Kabul's retaliatory operations.
- The scale of fighting along the 2,600-km border has raised fears of a protracted conflict, with Pakistani security sources saying operation `Ghazab Lil Haq` destroyed Afghan posts and camps.
- Diplomatic efforts have intensified, with Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, the European Union and United Nations urging restraint and the U.S. supporting Pakistan's right to defend itself, while Pakistan prime minister's office, information ministry and military did not respond and Reuters could not verify claims.
- Afghanistan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani warned the conflict would be very costly, and Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif called the fighting open war, while Iran offered to facilitate dialogue before being attacked on Saturday.
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Blasts in Kabul as Afghan govt says responding to Pakistan attacks
Explosions were heard in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday, AFP journalists said, with the Taliban government saying they were responding to aerial Pakistan attacks.
Numerous explosions were heard on Sunday evening by AFP journalists in Kabul, Afghanistan. The ruling Taliban claim to have responded to Pakistani air strikes.
Afghanistan fires at Pakistani jets over Kabul
Afghanistan has said it was firing at Pakistani jets in Kabul after blasts and gunfire rocked the capital, compounding instability in a region rattled by US-Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks on US targets in Gulf states.
The incident occurred on the morning of 1 March in the wake of the bombing in Kabul.
Afghanistan fires at Pakistani jets over Kabul as conflict intensifies
Afghanistan said it was firing at Pakistani jets in Kabul after blasts and gunfire rocked the capital on Sunday, compounding instability in a region rattled by U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in Gulf states.
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