Tensions have surged between Pakistan and Afghanistan following multiple airstrikes by the Pakistan Air Force on Afghan cities, targeting Taliban posts. In retaliation, Afghanistan's forces launched a cross-border attack,

Pakistan has launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq against the Afghan Taliban following what it described as “unpr

Tension had been brewing since February 21 when Pakistan launched airstrikes on Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces, claiming to target seven militant camps linked to the TTP and Islamic State Khorasan.

Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and 2 other Afghan provinces early Friday, according to Afghanistan's government spokesperson, marking a fresh escalation in tensions between the volatile neighbours.

Pakistan says its military forces are responding to an attack launched by the Afghan Taliban earlier on Thursday, marking the latest escalation of violence between the neighboring countries.

Pakistan's defense minister said that his country ran out of "patience" and considers that there is now an "open war" with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack.

The latest escalation of violence between the neighbouring countries makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky. The Pakistani defense minister didn't mention the ceasefire.