Reports of multiple explosions across Kabul emerged after Pakistani strikes targeted a rehabilitation hospital and other sites, deepening tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban administration.
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are rising again, with reports of shelling in Khost that killed four civilians and accusations of cross-border attacks along the disputed Durand Line.
Pakistan confirmed the use of drones by the Afghan Taliban, with its Information Minister Attaullah Tarar saying that militants tried to use drones against targets in the country, but they were shot down by anti-drone systems.
Afghanistan and Pakistan exchanged sharp claims of heavy losses and captured posts after overnight operations across multiple border districts, deepening tensions along the unrecognised Durand Line frontier.
The Taliban’s new 90-page criminal code introduces class-based justice, weak penalties for abuse and repeals Afghanistan’s 2009 law protecting women from violence.
Initially, it was a symbol of the U.S. drive to avenge the 9/11 attacks, then of its struggle for a way through the ensuing war with the Taliban.
Since the official withdrawal of the US and other NATO troops in Afghanistan on May 1, the Taliban have intensified attacks on provincial capitals, districts, bases, and checkpoints.
The officials said the freed Taliban leaders include Sheikh Abdur Rahim and Mawlawi Abdur Rashid, who had served as the insurgent group's governors of Kunar and Nimroz provinces respectively during the Taliban administration before it was deposed by the US-led forces in 2001.
The statement by the Taliban came hours after PM Imran Khan returned to Islamabad after his maiden official visit to the US where he discussed the Afghan peace process with US President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed to work together to end to the conflict.
From January this year, President Donald Trump has targeted Pakistan on multiple occasions. In a tweet on New Year’s Day,…
