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The world on the brink of another war

2026-02-27 16:20:53Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The world on the brink of another war

Several explosions have rocked Kabul hours after Afghanistan and Pakistan exchanged attacks in the border region. The violence erupted after days of high tensions and a senior official in Islamabad said it was "open warfare."

"The cup of patience has run out. Now it is open war between us and you [Afghanistan]," Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Friday.

Local sources told Radio Free Europe's Radio Mashaal that four locations were under attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the early hours of February 27, as well as a military base in the Kandahar region.

Military planes were heard flying overhead as explosions were heard in Kabul.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan, confirmed attacks in “several areas of Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia.” He added that there were no reports of casualties.

The Pakistani military confirmed that its warplanes had bombed Kabul. Mosharraf Zaidi, a spokesman for the Pakistani government, said on social media that "counterattacks on targets in Afghanistan are continuing."

The attacks in Kabul come after a major escalation of hostilities between the Taliban-led Afghan government and Islamabad.

Just hours earlier, Mujahidi said Kabul had launched "a large-scale offensive operation against Pakistani military centers and installations along the Durand Line," a volatile border that runs through the traditional tribal territories of the Pashtuns and Baloch.

The Taliban's Ministry of Defense claimed that 55 members of Pakistani security forces had been killed, while two bases and 19 posts had been taken under control across the border by its forces.

Islamabad's troops retaliated, Pakistani officials said, while Zaidi stated that a total of 133 Afghan Taliban members were "confirmed killed" and over 200 others were wounded.

"It is estimated that there are many more casualties from attacks on military targets in Kabul, Paktia and Kandahar," he added.

These claims from both sides cannot be independently verified, however a local Kabul resident told REL's Radio Mashaal that a "huge explosion" shook the city.

Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said his country's forces are ready to "protect the security, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country."

"The Pakistani military is determined not to allow the peace and security of the country to be compromised under any circumstances," he wrote in X.

The latest wave of attacks came after Pakistani airstrikes four days ago killed at least 18 people in Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Paktika provinces.

Pakistan said it carried out those strikes on seven militant targets inside Afghanistan as a “retaliatory response” to recent suicide attacks, which it said were carried out by Afghanistan-based extremists. Pakistan claimed that 80 militants were killed in those strikes.

Taliban-led Afghan security forces denied the claim, calling it "false," while government officials also said they were preparing "an appropriate and calculated response."

Afghanistan denies Pakistan's accusations that it is harboring the Pakistani Taliban, an offshoot of the Afghan Taliban that appears to operate separately.

Tensions have been high between the two countries since Pakistan launched airstrikes on Kabul in October 2025, and then carried out additional attacks on Afghan territory.

Dozens of soldiers from both sides were killed in artillery clashes and heavy gunfire exchanges last year before a ceasefire brokered by Qatar was reached.

However, several rounds of talks brokered by Qatar and Turkey, aimed at reducing tensions along the border, have failed to bring lasting progress./REL


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