Officials from both nations reported on Friday that Pakistan targeted Taliban government targets in Afghanistan’s major cities overnight. Pakistan’s defense minister called the situation “open war.” Security sources in Pakistan said the strikes involved air and ground strikes against Taliban posts, headquarters and ammunition depots in multiple sectors along the border. Both sides said they lost many people, but the numbers they gave differed widely, and Reuters could not verify them. “Our patience has run out. Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif declared on Friday, “Now it is open war between us and you (Afghanistan).
The strikes could lead to a long war along the 2,600-km (1,615-mile) border. This is because Islamabad has been accusing Kabul of harboring militants who attack Pakistan. The Taliban have refuted the claim and said that Pakistan’s security is a concern for the country itself.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, alleged that Pakistani troops bombed sections of Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia.Pakistani security officials uploaded a video that showed flashes of light at night from gunfire along the border and the sound of heavy artillery.
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