By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 16, 2025 Nazifa has not left her home since suspected Pakistani air strikes struck her neighborhood in Kabul, the Afghan capital. “We’re scared to go outside,” Nazifa, who used a pseudonym for fear of retribution, told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. “We don’t want to be caught in another attack.” Nazifa said the huge
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal October 15, 2025 Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to a temporary cease-fire on October 15 after deadly air strikes and ground fighting raised fears of a full-blown conflict between the neighbors. Pakistan carried out air strikes in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, causing multiple casualties, locals told RFE/RL’s
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By Frud Bezhan and Daud Khattak October 13, 2025 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty A full-blown conflict between Afghanistan’s Taliban and neighboring Pakistan seemed unthinkable when the hard-line Islamist group, a longtime ally of Islamabad, seized power in 2021 as international troops withdrew and the government they supported collapsed. But fears have heightened of an all-out
Amu: On his way to the Middle East, President Trump said he is prepared to mediate between “Afghanistan and Pakistan” amid rising tensions and deadly border clashes between the Pakistani forces and the Taliban. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Israel, Trump said he had been briefed on the situation but
Amu: At least 58 Pakistani soldiers and nine Taliban fighters were killed in weekend border clashes, Taliban chief spokesman said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest confrontations between the two sides in recent years. Zabihullah Mujahid said they launched a retaliatory operation Saturday night “along the Durand Line”, the disputed frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan,
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 12, 2025 Fierce fighting has broken out in at least five locations, with multiple soldiers killed, in a flare-up of violence between Pakistani and Afghan forces near the two countries’ tense border. Pakistani security sources near the border region early on October 12 confirmed to RFE/RL’s Radio
Khaama: “Pakistan’s attack against the capital of Afghanistan appears to have been a failure,” Khalilzad wrote in a post on X on Saturday. “It seems that the person who was targeted may not have been in Kabul at all. What might Islamabad do next? More attacks? Pakistani aircraft have been flying over Kabul breaking the
By Daud Khattak October 10, 2025 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Two senior members of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) extremist group have been killed in unprecedented Pakistani drone strikes in the Afghan capital, sources told RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, marking a major escalation of tensions between the two side. The target of the strikes in Kabul late on
Amu: Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was killed in a strike in Kabul on Thursday night, multiple sources confirmed to Amu. Kabul residents reported loud explosions in parts of Kabul, which they believed were airstrikes. Two local residents said the strikes happened near Abdulhaq Square in downtown Kabul. The exact